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Race to free hundreds feared trapped in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950
At least 900 workers are still reportedly unaccounted-for from 12 hydropower projects destroyed or damaged by last week’s flash floods.
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- Why it matters
- Workers trapped underground in flooded tunnels face immediate risk. The scale—900 unaccounted across 12 projects—suggests potential for casualty figures to rise significantly as search efforts continue.
- Most affected
- Workers in damaged hydropower tunnels — Trapped or unaccounted for; search and rescue operations ongoing.
- Likely next
- Whether trapped workers are located, the final count of those unaccounted for revised, and casualty figures updated as search operations proceed.
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