Rescuers pulled a Chinese man from a hydropower tunnel and found a 60-year-old woman alive in a four-story building following flash floods on the border with China.

The dramatic breakthrough comes after voices were heard from inside the tunnels of the stricken plant. Follow for the latest updates.

Nearly 5,000 persons were missing in Nepal and more than 500 in China.

The Nepal Army rescued a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, 10 days after floods hit the Himalayan nation's Nuwakot town.