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Nepal rescuers find 2 people alive 10 days after floods
WCVB • • world
Key Points:
- Rescuers in Nepal saved a Chinese man from a hydropower tunnel and a woman from a house 10 days after severe floods, continuing efforts to find thousands still missing.
- The man was rescued from the Trishuli hydropower project’s 225-meter tunnel by a joint Nepalese and South Korean team and is currently undergoing a health assessment.
- This rescue marks the third worker saved alive from the Trishuli hydropower project, following the rescue of two Nepalese workers the previous day.
- Approximately 900 workers remain missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, with about 500 believed trapped in tunnels.
- The rescued woman from Nuwakot town was airlifted to Kathmandu, with images showing her being carried out wrapped in a blanket.
