Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after floods
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Rescuers in Nepal have pulled out a Chinese man and a woman alive, 10 days after devastating floods, with the man rescued from a hydropower tunnel and the woman from a damaged house in Nuwakot town.
- The Chinese man was rescued from the Trishuli hydropower project tunnel by a joint Nepalese and South Korean team and is currently undergoing a health assessment.
- Rescue operations are focused on 12 hydropower projects where about 900 workers are missing, with specialized teams from India, China, South Korea, and the U.S. searching through debris and tunnels.
- The August 26 floods, likely caused by a glacier collapse, have killed at least 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 missing, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency.
- The rescued woman is being airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment after being found covered in mud and given water by rescuers at the flood-hit site.
