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Nepal races to find hundreds stuck in hydropower tunnels following floods
More than 1,000 people have been killed in the devastating floods that struck the border between Nepal and Tibet. Authorities have started mass burials for unclaimed bodies while they wait for victims' families to claim them. Meanwhile, rescue operations are underway to rescue hundreds of workers stuck in hydropower tunnels. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah…
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- Why it matters
- Workers trapped underground in flooded tunnels face immediate risk of drowning or suffocation; rescue efforts are active but the scale of those still missing is unknown.
- Most affected
- Hydropower tunnel workers — Trapped underground with rescue operations underway to extract them.
- Likely next
- Whether trapped workers are successfully extracted and how many remain unaccounted for.