Two people were pulled alive from a tunnel Friday at a hydropower project on Nepal’s Trishuli River, nine days after an ice, rock and mudslide tore through the river valley, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing tens of thousands.
Officials and rescue workers believe the Aug. 26 collapse of a glacier in the upper reaches of the Trishuli River trapped at least 900 people inside tunnels serving six hydropower projects along the river.
At least 1,252 people were killed in Nepal after homes, roads and schools in towns and villages near the border with China’s Tibet region were swept away. More than 4,200 people remain missing, while thousands of others have been displaced.
China has reported 21 deaths in Tibet, with another 541 people listed as missing.
The two workers rescued Friday from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station were the first people pulled alive from the hydropower projects. They were taken to an army hospital in the capital, Kathmandu, for treatment.
