Survivors Describe Dramatic Escape After Floods Trap Workers in Nepal Tunnel
Emergency crews rescued dozens of trapped workers using makeshift zip lines after catastrophic flooding inundated a hydropower construction tunnel in Nepal. Survivors recounted harrowing escape attempts as international aid mobilized to support recovery efforts and mourn the dead.
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‘Fight through darkness, water’: Nepal survivor recounts escape from flood-hit tunnel
A Nepalese worker recounts his harrowing escape from a hydropower project tunnel after last week's devastating flood. Around 900 workers remain trapped in tunnels at six hydroelectric plants in Nepal as the number of missing in the Himalayan disaster rose to 5,624 on Thursday, according to Nepalese and Chinese authorities.
By FRANCE 24
Read full article →The Lights Went Out, Then Water Came In: Nepal Hydropower Project Worker On Tunnel Escape
For Vishnu Thapa and 34 others, it took two hours of finding their way through water and dark in the tunnel before they saw light.
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By Ramola Talwar Badam
Read full article →Latvia and Canada pool resources on Nepal disaster
Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided another update on September 3rd on the status of dozens of Latvian citizens believed to be missing in Nepal following a catastrophic flood.
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