2 trapped workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnel 9 days after floods
Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after an ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley in Nepal, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing tens of thousands. The two workers pulled from the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station are Sanjay Sah, a…
- Why it matters
- The rescue from a hydropower station tunnel demonstrates survival is possible after an extreme event that killed over 1,200 people, extending the window for locating other missing people in the disaster zone.
- Most affected
- Families of the two rescued workers — Workers confirmed alive after nine days trapped underground.
Search and rescue teams — Recovery operation yields living survivors from trapped location. - Likely next
- Whether other people are found alive in or near the hydropower station facility, and the total number of people still missing from the flooding event.
Also reported by: RTE, The Mainichi, Local 10, KPRC 2, Local 4 Detroit, News4JAX, KSAT 12, Deccan Chronicle, Cyprus Mail, The Indian Express
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