Rescuers in Nepal pull Chinese national alive from tunnel 10 days after floods
Rescue workers in Nepal successfully pulled two men alive from a hydropower plant tunnel ten days after devastating flash floods. The discovery occurred as teams were transitioning from search and rescue to recovery operations.
Why it matters
This event highlights the extreme conditions and ongoing humanitarian challenges following natural disasters in mountainous regions.
Link Copied! Rescue at Nepali hydropower rescue is the second in as many days By Bhadra Sharma , Kara Fox , Lex Harvey , Lauren Said-Moorhouse , Ross Adkin , Hanako Montgomery and Tim Lister • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/d2d013b6-c484-4d3d-908a-942-20260904151242063.JPG?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/d2d013b6-c484-4d3d-908a-942-20260904151242063.JPG?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html=" " data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 12:25 PM EDT, Sat September 5, 2026 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2026-09-04T16:00:49.519Z" data-video-section="world" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/video/nepal-tunnel-rescue" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="nepal-tunnel-rescue" data-first-publish-slug="nepal-tunnel-rescue" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Watch as two men are pulled alive from Nepal tunnel nine days after floods 3:06 • Source: CNN Watch as two men are pulled alive from Nepal tunnel nine days after floods 3:06 Nine days after flash flooding washed away valleys and buried entire villages, rescue workers in Nepal had started to shift their operations from finding survivors to recovering bodies.
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