Nepali rescuers were searching hydropower tunnels in Kathmandu on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by a glacial mountain collapse. The disaster began on August 26 on the China-Nepal border and has killed more than 1,410 people, with thousands still missing. Three people have been rescued from tunnels so far, but there has been no official confirmation of more survivors. Authorities are also asking overseas family members of the missing to submit DNA samples.
Nepal Army soldiers prepare an aid package to be transported using a DJI FlyCart 100 drone to stranded residents hit by deadly flash floods and mudslides across the Trishuli River in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Tuesday. Reuters-Yonhap
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by a glacial mountain collapse.
The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris, which began on the China-Nepal border, has killed more than 1,410 people and left 5,651 missing.
"The rescue and search work in the tunnels at Trishuli 3A, 3B and Chilime hydropower projects is ongoing," Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP.
