Person rescued from hydropower tunnel in Nepal ten days after deadly floods
Ten days after devastating floods and landslides in Nepal, rescuers pulled a survivor alive from a hydropower plant tunnel, the prime minister's office announced.
Nepal's prime minister's office has announced that rescue workers succeeded in freeing a person alive from a tunnel at a hydroelectric power station, ten days after the person became trapped there. The individual was caught in the tunnel following catastrophic floods and landslides that struck the country over a week earlier.
The rescue took place under difficult conditions, as the natural disaster caused extensive damage to infrastructure, including hydropower facilities. The fact that the person survived for such a long period without assistance is being regarded as a notable development in the ongoing rescue efforts.
Official details about the case remain limited for now. It is not yet known how the person's health condition stands, their age, or exactly how they came to be trapped inside the tunnel during the flooding. Nepalese authorities continue working to address the aftermath of the floods and assess the affected areas.
The floods and landslides caused serious destruction across Nepal, with rescue services working for days to locate survivors and determine the number of dead and missing. This latest rescue shows that recovery efforts in the affected regions are still ongoing more than a week after the disaster struck.
