Two workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnel nine days after deadly floods

2026-09-02 10:24 UTC – 2026-09-04 09:08 UTC

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Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant on Friday, nine days after a glacier collapse triggered catastrophic flash floods on August 26. The death toll has surpassed 1,300, with hundreds still missing. Search efforts continue in tunnels of six hydropower projects, where dozens more people are believed to be trapped.

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2026-09-02 10:24 · Telegraf (outlet profile)
Preti nova tragedija u Aziji: Glečeri pred urušavanjem, žrtava preko 1.000, a 500 zarobljenih u tunelima. Milioni tona leda u glečerima koji okružuju dolinu pogođenu nedavnim bujičnim poplavama u Nepalu i Kini nalaze se…
2026-09-02 10:40 · Blic (outlet profile)
LEDENI UBICA NE MIRUJE! Strahuje se od novog potopa u Nepalu, spasioci U TRCI S VREMENOM: Prioritet je naći 900 nestalih radnika. Stručnjaci strahuju da su glečeri koji su izazvali poplave u Nepalu i Kini i dalje u opas…
2026-09-02 11:29 · B92 (outlet profile)
Panika se širi; Grdosije pred urušavanjem. Stručnjaci strahuju da su glečeri koji su izazvali poplave u Nepalu i Kini i dalje u opasnosti od urušavanja, što bi moglo izazvati novi talas bujica, piše "Dejli mejl".
2026-09-02 11:35 · NIN (outlet profile)
Nedeljama zarobljeni pod zemljom nakon katastrofalnih poplava: Veruje se da je 46 radnika živo. Broj poginulih u katastrofalnim poplavama porastao je na 1.118, a hiljade ljudi se vode kao nestale.
2026-09-02 11:49 · Dnevnik (Novi Sad) (outlet profile)
СТРАХУЈЕ СЕ ОД НОВЕ КАТАСТРОФЕ! Глечери и даље прете Непалу и Кини, а један сценарио посебно забрињава стручњаке. Стручњаци страхују да су глечери који су изазвали поплаве у Непалу и Кини и даље у опасности од урушавања…
2026-09-02 12:38 · Times of India (outlet profile)
'Climate change is product of whole world's contribution': Nepal PM on deadly floods
2026-09-02 13:09 · franceinfo (outlet profile)
Une maison et ses habitants miraculeusement sauvés après la crue meurtrière au Népal. Au Népal, plus de 1 100 personnes sont mortes et au moins 4 500 ont disparu. C’est le dernier bilan de la tragédie survenue dans l’Hi…
2026-09-02 15:11 · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Nepal PM links deadly floods to climate change. Nepal PM links deadly floods to climate change
2026-09-02 15:40 · RTÉ News (outlet profile)
Nepal floods should mobilise climate action - UN. Nepal's flood disaster and Europe's wildfires should turn attention to the cost of climate change, the head of the world's biggest climate fund said in an interview.
2026-09-02 16:43 · Blic (outlet profile)
JEZIVO OTKRIĆE: NEPALSKA KATASTROFA JE MOGLA DA BUDE SPREČENA?! Pre tri meseca upućen je zahtev koji je mogao sve da promeni. Peking je odgovorio "NEMAMO MANDAT". Tri meseca pre nego što je rušilački vodeni džin od blat…
2026-09-02 20:10 · Alo! (outlet profile)
Rusi objavili satelitske snimke! Gledajte šta se dešavalo u Nepalu mesec dana pre katastrofe. Razlika je ogromna: nekada jasno definisano rečno korito pro&scaron;irilo se pod naletom ogromne količine vode, mulja, kamenj…
2026-09-02 21:21 · The Mirror (outlet profile)
Newlywed wife's heartbreaking last words to Brit husband before vanishing in Nepal floods. A British man whose wife, mum, brother and uncle are missing following the horrific floods in Nepal has flown out to try and fin…
2026-09-02 21:39 · Foreign Policy (outlet profile)
Nepal’s Disaster Demands a Regional Response. The glacier collapse and floods that followed show why neighboring states must cooperate to reduce future threats.
2026-09-02 23:38 · Sydney Morning Herald (outlet profile)
A village in mourning after Nepalese floods. Chogyal Dorie Lama grieves his wife, brother and sister-in-law, who owned a hotel where several Australians were staying.
2026-09-03 00:58 · BBC News (outlet profile)
Why Nepal floods should worry India. The disaster comes as a warning as climate change raises shared Himalayan risks.
2026-09-03 04:10 · Malay Mail (outlet profile)
‘It destroyed everything’: Nepal seeks climate justice after glacial collapse, says rich nations must answer for Himalayan catastrophe. KATHMANDU, Sept 3 — When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the…
2026-09-03 05:50 · Inquirer.net (outlet profile)
Nepal seeks climate justice after Himalayan disaster. KATHMANDU, Nepal — When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the l…
2026-09-03 05:52 · Pink (outlet profile)
Alarm iz Pekinga: Stiže nova katastrofa koja bi mogla da izazove haos, izdato dramatično upozorenje. Milioni tona leda u glečerima koji okružuju poplavama pogođenu dolinu na granici Nepala i Kine nalaze se pod direktnim…
2026-09-03 06:06 · Телеканал 360 (outlet profile)
Число погибших в Непале возросло до 1252. Число погибших из-за оползня и наводнения в Непале выросло до 1252, заявили в непальской полиции. Об этом сообщил ТАСС .
2026-09-03 06:21 · Российская газета (outlet profile)
Число жертв наводнения в Непале достигло 1252 человек. Центральное телевидение КНР со ссылкой на непальскую полицию сообщило, что число погибших в результате разрушительного стихийного бедствия увеличилось до 1252 челов…
2026-09-03 06:38 · Sud Ouest (outlet profile)
Catastrophe dans l’Himalaya : après la crue dévastatrice, le Népal plaide pour la justice climatique. Marqué par un effondrement glaciaire meurtrier, le Népal appelle la communauté internationale à prendre ses responsab…
2026-09-03 06:49 · ТАСС (outlet profile)
Reuters: Непал восстановит систему раннего оповещения на границе с КНР. Решение приняли после разрушительного наводнения, в результате которого погибло более 1,2 тыс. человек
2026-09-03 07:02 · ТАСС (outlet profile)
В Непале после наводнения числятся пропавшими 600 иностранцев. По последним данным, погибли 1 252 человека
2026-09-03 07:32 · Europa Press (outlet profile)
Nepal eleva a más de 1.250 los muertos por la riada en la frontera con China, con más de 4.200 desaparecidos. Las autoridades de Nepal han elevado este jueves a más de 1.250 los muertos a causa de las devastadoras inund…
2026-09-03 07:37 · Inquirer.net (outlet profile)
Nepal PM warns of risks as scientists flag more glacial disasters. KATHMANDU — Prime Minister Balendra Shah has urged the international community to recognise the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood as a warning of the gro…
2026-09-03 07:49 · Corriere della Sera (outlet profile)
La zip line sopra il fiume in piena in Nepal, così gli abitanti si spostano da una sponda all'altra. L'esercito nepalese ha allestito una teleferica temporanea per aiutare i residenti ad attraversare il fiume dopo le in…
2026-09-03 07:54 · CGTN (outlet profile)
China sends new relief supplies, DNA experts to Nepal. A third batch of emergency relief supplies from China to Nepal was dispatched on Thursday morning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regula…
2026-09-03 07:58 · Inquirer.net (outlet profile)
Nepal flood survivors lack space even to mourn their dead. KATHMANDU — Families of people who went missing in the Bhotekoshi floods have begun performing the funeral rites of their loved ones using effigies made o…
2026-09-03 08:06 · Tanjug (outlet profile)
Broj poginulih u poplavama u Nepalu povećan na 1.252, a 4.875 osoba nestalo
2026-09-03 08:06 · News.ru (outlet profile)
Названо новое число жертв оползня в Непале. Число людей, погибших во время оползня в Непале, выросло до 1252. Также пропавшими без вести числятся 4875 человек.

Factual core

The floods struck Nepal, causing devastating damage.
Two workers were rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal nine days after a flood.
The two rescued workers were trapped in the tunnel for nine days after the floods.

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