{
  "id": 4807771,
  "title": "Nepal floods: Families cling to hope for more than 600 workers trapped in tunnels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-floods-families-cling-to-hope-for-more-than-600-workers-trapped",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T07:01:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/nepal-floods-families-cling-to-hope-for-more-than-600-workers-trapped-in-tunnels"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "More than 600 workers are believed to be trapped in a network of tunnels along the Trishuli River in Nepal, with families eagerly hoping for their safe return. Rescue efforts have been ongoing, utilizing explosives to breach the hillside and pumping air into the Trishuli-3A site, as time is running short. Anushila Bhandari, wife of a missing engineer, expressed her desire for her husband's return. The death toll has reached 939, with 3,925 missing, including 592 foreign nationals. Prime Minister Balendra Shah reported that 279 people have been rescued, while a team of international experts, including Chinese, Nepalese, Indian, Korean, and Australian personnel, is leading the rescue operation. Sita Pandey, whose husband was working in a plant, still holds on to a 50% hope that he is still alive, citing the presence of an oxygen system. The floods have damaged at least 11 hydropower projects, and rescuers have struggled to locate the tunnels due to the challenging terrain, likening it to a \"lunar landscape.\" Despite the slow progress, families remain hopeful, emphasizing the urgency of the situation as climate change increases risks in the Himalayan region.",
  "summary": "The families of more than 600 workers believed to be trapped in a vast network of mud-filled tunnels along Nepal’s Trishuli River are clinging to hope their loved ones can be found alive. Rescuers continued battling to reach them on Monday, using explosives to blast into the hillside before pumping air into the Trishuli-3A site […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "'We're coming to get them': Rescuers pin hopes on underground spaces after deadly Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/were-coming-to-get-them-rescuers-pin-hopes-on-underground-spaces",
        "published": "2026-09-01T06:25:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Nepal issues advisory on identification of remains of foreign nationals killed in floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-issues-advisory-on-identification-of-remains-of-foreign",
        "published": "2026-09-01T06:51:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "UAE sends food and power generators to Nepal to boost response to deadly floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/uae-sends-food-and-power-generators-to-nepal-to-boost-response-to",
        "published": "2026-09-01T07:27:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}