Nepal rescuers race to reach hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels
Rescue teams in Nepal are struggling to reach hundreds of workers trapped in hydropower tunnels following devastating flash floods. The disaster has resulted in over 900 confirmed deaths and thousands of missing persons, with debris complicating recovery efforts.
Why it matters
The event highlights the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to extreme weather events and the massive humanitarian crisis caused by climate-related disasters in mountainous regions.
Nepali soldiers search for survivors in a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district, Nepal./Getty Images Nepali soldiers search for survivors in a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district, Nepal./Getty Images Nepal-Tibet flood disaster Nepal rescuers race to reach hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels Workers thought to be stuck in underground areas at 11 sites after last week’s devastating flash floods
Prefer the Guardian on Google Rescue teams are working to reach more than 900 missing hydropower workers, hundreds of whom are feared trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of 11 hydropower projects in Nepal after the devastating flash floods , the country’s disaster management authority has said.
The death toll from the unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on Wednesday last week has risen to 903, with 16 more dead reported in Tibet. Nearly 5,000 are missing on the two sides of the border.
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