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UK · 3 hrs ago
Race against time to rescue nearly 1,000 people trapped in tunnels in Tibet
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Search teams are working to rescue more than 900 people thought to be trapped inside hydrotunnels in Nepal following catastrophic flash floods last week. More than 900 people have been confirmed dead after a deluge of ice, rock and mud swept 62 miles (100km) through Rasuwa, north of Kathmandu, on Wednesday. Entire communities were destroyed, with hundreds of bodies buried in shallow graves after being gushed down the mountains. Among the missing are more than 900 workers missing in hydropower projects in the region. As many as 279 workers have already been rescued or walked free from the huge underground areas, bored deep into the world’s highest mountain range. There are almost 5
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