Two rescued alive in Nepal 10 days after devastating flash floods
Nepalese rescue teams pulled a man and a woman alive from debris on Saturday, 10 days after deadly flash floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border area, with thousands still unaccounted for.
Ten days after devastating flash floods struck the area along the Nepal-Tibet border, rescue teams on Saturday pulled two more people out alive, even as thousands remain missing.
One survivor, a woman, was found in her house in flood-hit Nuwakot district, buried under a thick layer of mud and debris. Footage released by Nepal's army shows her covered in mud; officials said she was airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
In a separate operation, Nepal's prime minister's office announced on social media that a Chinese man had been rescued from a hydropower tunnel. He is the third person pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project, following the rescue of two Nepalese workers on Friday. The man was extracted from a 225-metre tunnel and evacuated by helicopter, with Nepalese military personnel working alongside South Korean disaster experts.
Authorities say roughly 900 workers remain unaccounted for, with about 500 believed trapped inside tunnels across 12 hydropower projects, where rescue efforts are now concentrated.
The flash floods struck the districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and Tanahun, killing at least 1,300 people, while more than 5,000 remain missing. Nepal's disaster management agency believes the disaster was likely triggered by a glacier collapse.
Specialised teams from China, India, South Korea and the United States have joined the search, hoping to find further survivors.
