Nepal tunnel rescue revives hopes 10 days after flood

A rescue team rescued the Chinese national from 225 metres inside the tunnel of a hydropower project, a military statement said

Rescuers in Nepal pulled alive on Saturday a Chinese national from a tunnel and a local woman from her partially submerged home, as emergency response teams searched with renewed vigour for thousands missing since catastrophic flooding 10 days ago. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.

Rescuers pulled a Chinese national alive on Saturday from a tunnel buried by debris, as emergency response teams continue in their search for missing people.

Rescuers pulled a Chinese national alive on Saturday from a tunnel buried by debris, as emergency response teams continue in their search for missing people.

The survivor - a Chinese national - was among hundreds of hydropower workers who went missing since a tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through the China-Nepal border following a vast glacial and rock collapse on Aug 26.

UAE response team begins search and rescue efforts in flood-stricken Nepal as aid drive continues  thenationalnews.com

Rescuers in Nepal are trying to reach dozens of trapped hydropower workers in a tunnel - after two men were pulled out alive after nine days. Thousands of people are still missing after the catastrophic flash floods.

Two people have been rescued more than a week after more than 1,300 people were killed in flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.

Kabir Maharjan was one of the two tunnel workers who were rescued after remaining buried inside for nine days following the Nepal floods.

Engineers, on WhatsApp, are sharing tunnel maps and drawings that show where the paths lead.

TWO workers have been pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic floods devastated the region. The pair were freed from a hydro power tunnel in the Rasuwa district where they had been trapped for nine days. Images show the men, covered in mud, being carried from the site by...

The messaging group, set up by engineers before the flood, has become a valuable tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the race to find survivors

How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts  Reuters