How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s flood rescue efforts
KATHMANDU, Sept 4 (Reuters) - An army of experts in a WhatsApp group is guiding rescue workers scouring a Nepali valley after a huge flash flood more than a week ago as they desperately search for anyone who may be alive inside tunnels of devastated hydropower plants.
- Why it matters
- Remote coordination through a messaging group is allowing technical specialists to direct rescue workers in real time toward specific locations where trapped survivors might be found in damaged infrastructure.
- Most affected
- Rescue workers in the flooded valley — Receive real-time technical guidance on where survivors may be trapped.
Potential survivors trapped in hydropower plant tunnels — Have structured search efforts directed toward their likely locations. - Likely next
- Whether rescue teams locate survivors in the hydropower plant tunnels, or how the coordination effort evolves as the search progresses beyond the initial week.
Also reported by: The Japan Times
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