Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood
A Chinese national was rescued from a tunnel in Nepal ten days after a catastrophic glacier collapse caused flash floods. Rescue efforts continue as authorities search for hundreds of people still missing following the disaster.
Why it matters
This event underscores the severe human impact of climate-related geological disasters in the Himalayan region.
KATHMANDU, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving over 5,600 missing.
The Nepali army said the person, named only as Luhaitao, was rescued from inside a 225-metre (246-yard) tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.
On Friday, rescue workers pulled two people from another tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station on the same river.
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