Nepali rescuers drilled, dug and used explosives on Sunday in a bid to reach dozens of hydropower workers believed trapped in tunnels swamped by flood debris, racing against time to find survivors.

Nepal’s army rescues hundreds from a flooded hydropower tunnel as more than 1,500 remain missing, while the Nepali diaspora holds vigils in New York.

Proseguono in condizioni difficili le operazioni di soccorso per liberarli, dopo che l'esercito ne ha già tratte in salvo 350 dallo stesso tunnel