KATHMANDU: Rescuers in Nepal pulled two more people alive from flood-ravaged areas on Saturday, 10 days after catastrophic flooding devastated the Himalayan region, raising fresh hopes for thousands still missing.
Breaking : Intense visuals show the exact moments a 60-year-old woman is miraculously rescued alive after 11 days buried beneath a house in Nuwakot, Nepal pic.twitter.com/IZAnlIB9YP
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In Nuwakot district, rescuers found 64-year-old Chandrika Shrestha alive inside her home, which had been buried under thick mud and debris. Members of Nepal’s Armed Police Force cheered as she was brought out and later airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
Footage showed much of the house submerged under sludge, with only part of the structure visible above the debris.
Nepal Rescuers Pull Chinese Worker from Tunnel
In a separate rescue in Rasuwa district, a Chinese national identified as Luhaitao was pulled alive from around 225 metres inside a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.
अपर त्रिशूली–१ को सुरुङबाट चिनियाँ नागरिकको सकुशल उद्धार, salute 🫡 pic.twitter.com/f0aU8tqoGX
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The operation was carried out by a joint team involving the Nepal Army and international rescue experts. Luhaitao appeared exhausted and covered in mud before being flown for medical treatment.
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The rescue came just a day after two Nepali workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were brought out alive from another tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project after being trapped for nine days.
The successive rescues have energised search teams, with hundreds of hydropower workers still believed missing across flood-hit projects.
Thousands Still Missing After Nepal Floods
The disaster struck on August 26 after a massive glacial and rock collapse near the China-Nepal border sent a wall of water, ice, rock and mud through the Himalayan valley.
More than 1,300 people have been confirmed dead, while over 5,000 remain missing in Nepal. Chinese authorities have separately reported dozens of deaths and hundreds missing on their side of the border.
At least 12 hydropower projects were badly damaged, and hundreds of workers are believed to have been trapped inside tunnels.
Rescue teams from Nepal, China, India, South Korea and other countries continue searching through debris and underground structures as hopes persist that more survivors could still be found.
