Nepal Floods Leave 903 Dead and 4,247 Missing as 21,000 Rescuers Target Tunnels
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 31
Nepal Floods Leave 903 Dead and 4,247 Missing as 21,000 Rescuers Target Tunnels
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 31
Summary
903 people are confirmed dead and 4,247 missing in Nepal five days after a glacial collapse unleashed flash floods across Himalayan districts and into Tibet.
21,000 Nepali security personnel, backed by Chinese and Indian specialists, are concentrating on hydropower tunnels where many of 933 missing workers are believed buried under mud and rock.
Nearly 300 tunnel workers have been pulled out alive, but fresh searches at Trishuli 3A had produced no new results by Sunday evening.
Overnight rain, rising river water and overflow from a barrier lake have repeatedly halted operations, while washed-out roads and bridges are slowing access to cut-off areas.
China has sent 2,100 rescuers and 220 million yuan in relief, while India has deployed 18 tunnel-rescue officers, forensic teams, aid supplies and Bailey bridges.