Bodies of Nepal flood victims wash up 100 miles away
Bodies of Nepal flood victims wash up 100 miles away
Emily SmithFri, August 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM UTC
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Survivors of the Nepal flood receive medical treatment at an army base in Nuwakot - NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA/Shutterstock
The bodies of victims swept away in Nepal’s devastating flash floods have washed up over a hundred miles from the disaster zone.
One body was found in Lumbini, a province roughly 250 miles from Rasuwa, the region that was destroyed by a 70ft wall of ice, mud and water on Wednesday morning.
Three bodies were also discovered in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, two northern Indian states bordering Nepal and more than 100 miles from the flood’s epicentre.
At least 579 people have been killed and more than 1,400 are still missing, including 33 Britons, after entire villages were consumed by the sudden deluge.
In some downstream areas, morgues and hospitals are running out of space to store bodies, according to the Kathmandu Post.
A search team of at least 5,000 army and police officers is scouring Nepal for bodies and survivors.
The massive rescue operation was temporarily paused on Friday over fears that two lakes, which were formed by debris blocking the valley’s river, could overflow and cascade down the mountain.
There is also a threat of heavy rain in Trishuli, a bazaar high up in the valley in Rasuwa, which rescuers say is making it harder to find survivors.
07:05pm
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A massive search operation involving 5,000 army and police officers was temporarily paused on Friday over fears that a lake would overflow.
The search continued after the risk was assessed, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 2,000 on Friday. At least 579 people have been killed.
The Red Cross said 93,000 people have been affected by the disaster. Thousands of homes and several villages have been destroyed.
Meanwhile, monsoons are forecast over the weekend, prompting fears heavy rainfall could complicate future rescue operations.
The Nepalese government announced it would allow some foreign volunteers in to the country, in a U-turn on a previous decision to block this.
07:03pm
Pictured: Workers clear debris
Workers clear debris in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
06:45pm
Mother reunited with 8-year-old who climbed trees to survive
Matti Maya Tamang, 28, speaks with her son Zoyal Ghale, 8, who was airlifted from Rasuwa - REUTERS/Ranup Shrestha
Zoyal Ghale, who ran into a forest and climbed trees to escape Nepal’s deadly floods, was reunited with his mother on Friday after she had begun to fear he and his brother had both perished in their school.
A day earlier, eight-year-old Ghale had been airlifted alone from the devastated northern district of Rasuwa with a broken leg and cuts on his face, while his mother, Matti Maya Tamang, 28, moved from one shelter and collection point to another looking for her two missing children.
“At the fourth place too, my children’s names were not on the list, and they were not there,” Tamang told Reuters. “I had come to accept that both my children were no more. All I could do was weep. I couldn’t hold myself together at all.”
06:28pm
Pictured: Rescue operations at Gyirong Port
Rescue workers conduct search operations at Gyirong Port - Gongga Laisong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
06:13pm
Canada announces CAN$5 million in aid after Nepal flood
Canada said Friday it would provide CAN$5 million (US$ 3.6 million) in funding to help relief operations.
“We are announcing that Canada is providing $5 million in humanitarian assistance to support emergency relief efforts in Nepal,” Randeep Sarai, Canada’s secretary of state for international development, told reporters.
05:55pm
Visualised: Glacier collapse site, flood path and the at-risk lakes
05:30pm
Pictured: Destroyed bridge and homes in Devighat
A broken bridge and damaged houses in Devighat, Nuwakot district - REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
05:13pm
Number of missing jumps significantly
Nepal’s disaster agency on Friday dramatically increased the total number of people missing on its side of the border to 1,924.
Chinese officials have not given figures Friday for the total number of missing in Tibet. On Thursday, they put the number at 558.
Together, the total missing Friday was therefore at least 2,482, a leap of more than 1,000 from a day earlier.
Nepal’s disaster agency on Friday said that 517 foreigners – which could include tourists as well as foreign workers – were still missing. Chinese officials on Thursday put the number of foreigners missing at 260.
04:55pm
Pictured: Devastated villages in Nepal
Destroyed houses and roads covered in mud along the Trishuli River in Nuwakot, Nepal
Debris and mud covering buildings in DevGhat village, Nepal
04:35pm
Nepal U-turns on decision to block foreign aid
Nepal has U-turned on a decision to block foreign rescuers from helping search for survivors after dozens of countries offered to help with the operation.
Kathmandu said it would allow a “limited number of experts” from foreign countries to help. It previously said it did not need assistance.
“We received massive pressure from the international community to allow at least search-and-rescue teams and some experts because their citizens have also gone missing in the floods,” a senior government official told the Kathmandu Post.
At least 579 people have been killed and more than 1,400 are still missing, including 33 Britons, after entire villages were consumed by the sudden deluge on Wednesday.
Roughly 517 foreigners from 31 countries are missing. According to the Nepal Tourism Board’s latest records, Indian nationals account for the highest number of missing, at 178, followed by 65 Americans, 53 Ukrainians and 35 Australians.
04:09pm
Pictured: Student pays tribute to flood victims in Chennai
A school student pays homage to people who died in Nepal’s flash flood in Chennai - R. SATISH BABU
03:57pm
Nepal morgues fill up as flood death toll rises
Morgues in several flood-hit districts are running out of space as bodies continue to be recovered, according to the Kathmandu Post.
In Nuwakot, Dhading and Nawalparasi, some bodies have been sent to neighbouring districts because local morgues are full. Hospitals in Pokhara have also reported nearing capacity after receiving bodies from several areas.
In Chitwan, authorities are setting up a temporary body storage centre in Bharatpur. An unused government building on Vidhyut Road will be converted into the facility following a decision by district officials, the Kathmandu Post reported.
03:47pm
Death toll in Nepal rises to 579, say officials
The number of people killed in Nepal has risen to 579, according to the latest release by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far, but 1,924 people remain unaccounted for in the country. China’s state media previously said 558 people were missing on the Chinese side.
03:17pm
EU pledges two million euros in aid
The European Union on Friday promised €2m (£1.7m) in aid for Nepal after devastating floods on the country’s border with Tibet swept away entire villages, killing hundreds of people.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, wrote on X that the “immediate humanitarian aid” would help “deliver life-saving assistance to families and communities hit hardest”.
03:06pm
Surrey A-level student and family among those missing
An A-level student from Surrey and his family are amongst those missing and feared dead after flash floods in Nepal.
Spandan Sahu, 18, was in Nepal with his father Santosh Sahu, 46, who was the chief executive of UK pharmaceutical technology company Charac, his mother Surabhi Manmath Padhy, 44, and sister Syna Kumari Sahu, 13, according to the .
Spandan had just finished his A-levels at Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and was preparing to study philosophy, politics and economics at university, according to his LinkedIn.
His profile said he was a senior prefect at the private school and a member of the hockey and cricket teams.
A spokesman for the school said: “It is with great concern that we have been informed that a former student, along with members of his family, have been reported missing in Nepal.
“Whilst we are hoping for positive news, we do not have any further information at this time.
“Our thoughts, love and deepest sympathies are with all of the families and loved ones of anyone affected by this tragedy in Nepal at this incredibly difficult time.”
02:41pm
At least 93,000 displaced by flash floods
Up to 93,000 people have been affected by flash floods in Nepal after a Buckingham Palace-sized chunk of glacier broke off in the Himalayas and smashed into a river on Wednesday morning.
The Red Cross said thousands of homes had been destroyed in the disaster, which saw a 70ft wall of ice, mud and water cascade down a valley in the Rasuwa region of Nepal.
At least 547 people have been killed and more than 1,000 are still missing, including 33 Britons, after entire villages were consumed by the sudden deluge.
Kamal Kishore, the UN special representative for disaster risk reduction, said: “In living memory, we haven’t seen a mountain hazard event like this.”
02:10pm
Mapped: Where has the lake formed?
02:05pm
Pictured: Second lake formed by floods
A satellite image shows the second lake at the site of the glacial collapse, in the border area between Nepal and Tibet - REUTERS
02:02pm
In Nepal, disaster remains impossible to escape
The villages in Nepal are slowly returning to their daily routines, but the disaster remains impossible to escape.
Nepal Army soldiers are everywhere, patrolling the streets and helping with rescue and relief work. Rescuers in raincoats and uniforms from different agencies dot the roads as they move between damaged areas and relief centres.
In Batar, about 50 miles from Kathmandu, helicopters have been taking off roughly every five minutes from a Nepal army camp to rescue people from Rasuwa, the worst-hit area.
Soldiers have also been helping survivors reach relief camps and hospitals, while those with serious injuries are being flown to Kathmandu.
Residents said the disaster should serve as a warning against building homes close to rivers.
Amrish Kumar Talwar told The Telegraph: “No one should see this catastrophe. [The] government tells us to build houses away from the river but people don’t listen. And results are in front of us. Everyone is crying now.”
01:53pm
Fear returns to flood-hit Nepal towns as heavy rain raises fresh threat
Heavy rain has driven residents of flood-hit Trishuli and nearby Bidur to higher ground, with families fearing that a second wave of flooding could strike the towns already devastated by a wall of mud and water.
For many, the immediate concern is no longer rebuilding homes and businesses but simply getting through another night without another flood.
Amrish Kumar Talwar, 48, told The Telegraph: “We are in fear. We can’t sleep in the night. We had never thought in our dreams that water will reach to that high ground, around 100 feet.”
Trishuli and Bidur lie only about a mile apart, but flood damage has cut the two communities off from each other. Families in Bidur remain separated from relatives trapped in Trishuli, where 63 people are still missing.
The flood destroyed more than 100 houses in Trishuli, according to residents. No bodies have yet been recovered.
“We are living in fear. I have never seen like this before,” said Mr Talwar, a shopkeeper whose grocery shop was completely erased in the flooding.
Mr Talwar remains in Bidur while his son is trapped at a hospital in Trishuli. Floodwater washed away the road linking the two towns, leaving him unable to reach his son.
Heavy rain began at about 4pm local time, further unsettling residents already traumatised by the earlier flooding.
01:47pm
Pictured: Chinese premier visits flood site
Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits a mudslide-hit area in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet - REUTERS/XINHUA
01:33pm
Rain complicates rescue efforts
It is currently raining heavily in Trishuli, where rescue workers say weather conditions are complicating their missions.
Monsoon-fuelled storms will also continue in the region over the weekend.
Any storms that form in Rasuwa on Saturday could drop up to two inches of rain, with totals reaching up to 4 inches in isolated spots.
01:13pm
Eight World Health Organisation workers missing
Eight workers for the World Health Organisation (WHO) based in Nepal are currently missing, an official said.
Six WHO health facilities have also been damaged in the floods.
The organisation has been providing emergency aid to victims of the disaster.
12:42pm
Search and rescue operation in ‘critical stage’
The search and rescue operation to find survivors following the deadly flood has reached a “critical stage”, the Chinese embassy in Nepal has said.
“The situation is currently at a critical stage for rescue and emergency response in both Nepal and China,” it said on X.
The embassy added that the “landslide-dammed lake” caused by the original flood is “currently at a high water level and has begun to overflow, posing a risk of further breach”.
12:25pm
Pictured: Residents salvage belongings from destroyed home
Residents salvage belongings from their destroyed home following flash floods in Devighat, Nepal - Ezra Acayan/Getty Images AsiaPac
12:07pm
Nepal deploys 1,200 more soldiers to recover bodies
Nepal has deployed a further 1,200 soldiers along its river banks to recover bodies.
Reinforcements have been deployed “along the riverbanks from Rasuwa to Chitwan” and “to all possible locations along the affected areas”.
The current death toll of the tragedy stands at 547 but is expected to increase as rescue and recovery efforts continue.
11:46am
NHS psychiatrist flies to Nepal to search for missing husband
A British psychiatrist is among hundreds of people still missing in Tibet and Nepal after deadly flash floods swept through the region on Wednesday.
Pravin Atmakur, 54, was leading a group of 77 pilgrims to Mount Kailash in Tibet when the floods struck, killing at least 475 people.
His wife, Manjula Atmakur, arrived in Kathmandu on Friday morning after travelling from Britain to search for her husband, who has not been heard from since the flood.
The couple both worked as psychiatry consultants for the NHS, and their son studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Pravin Atmakur was returning from Tibet into Nepal when the floods struck
Speaking to The Telegraph in Nepal, she said her family felt let down by the British government’s response to the disaster. More than 1,300 people remain missing in both Nepal and Tibet, including 33 British citizens.
“I came here with the only agenda that I want to take Pravin back home alive,” the 50-year-old from the West Midlands said.
“No one told us anything. We clearly feel let down by the British government. There is no information, they are waiting for China to share the information, updates,” she added.
11:30am
Nepali Army shares footage of hydrotunnel rescue mission
11:24am
Pictured: Nepalese community pay tribute in New York
Members of the Nepalese community gathered and lit candles in Jackson Heights, New York, US on Thursday evening - Anadolu
11:21am
Nepal death toll rises to 547
The death toll in Nepal has now risen to 547, according to the country’s police force.
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This is higher than the 538 recently announced by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
A further 1,473 people are injured, police added.
Nepal’s disaster agency also its missing toll, saying 977 people remain unaccounted for on the Nepal side, including 517 foreign nationals.
Rescue personnel provide medical treatment to a child at an army rescue camp in Trishuli Batar, Nepal - Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images AsiaPac
11:06am
Telegraph readers have their say
10:46am
Why did the barrier lake form?
A barrier lake that has formed near the Tibet-Nepal border is currently raising concerns of a second deadly flood. But what is a barrier lake and how did it form?
Also known as a landslide dam, a barrier lake is formed in a river valley when landslide debris completely blocks a stream or river.
In this case, it was caused when ice and rock debris blocked the confluence of the Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo rivers.
Unlike a conventional lake, which is contained by a permanent geological basin, a barrier lake is held back by an unstable wall of debris.
Once a river has been blocked, water continues to flow into the newly formed basin from upstream. With nowhere else to go, the water level rises and pressure builds against the debris dam, creating a high risk of flooding.
The lake, where approximately 2.5 million cubic metres of water had accumulated, began overflowing on Thursday morning. Another three million cubic metres of water is expected to flow into the lake over the next three days, meaning the risk of a second flood still remains high.
10:35am
Watch: Survivors pulled from power plant tunnel
Credit: Facebook/PMO Nepal
10:14am
Rescue operations resume in Nepal
Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal as the risk of a second flood has decreased, an army spokesman has said.
Efforts were stopped earlier over fears of another flood caused by a dammed lake that was overflowing.
Operations had earlier resumed over the border in Tibet as water levels in the lake dropped.
10:06am
Before and after images shows damage to Gyirong Port
Satellite images from before and after the devastating floods have shown the destruction to Gyirong Port, the border crossing between Tibet and Nepal.
Video footage from the disaster showed a huge wall of mud and debris crashing into the port, washing the border checkpoint building away.
The port is now a barren, debris-covered slope, with all of the infrastructure washed away.
09:53am
Xi Jinping issues order to go ‘all out’ in rescue efforts
Xi Jinping issued an order to go “all-out in search and rescue, relocate and look after those facing potential danger, provide urgent treatment to the injured, and minimise casualties”, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The Chinese embassy in Nepal has activated its emergency response mechanism and is assessing the situation of Chinese nationals in areas that have been hit by the floods, according to Zhang Maoming, the Chinese ambassador to Nepal.
The embassy has also sent in a team to assist with rescue efforts on the ground, Mr Zhang added.
He told Nepal’s state-run NTV World: “China stands firmly with Nepal at this difficult time. We have been working closely with the Nepali side and supporting each other in responding to the disaster.”
However, the embassy has also made a point of refuting two claims, which it has called “fake news”.
The first being that the mudslide originated on the Tibetan side of the border, which Beijing claims is part of China, and the other was that China had failed to issue an early warning to Nepal.
While scientists are still trying to figure out what exactly happened, the latest reports from the US Geological Survey indicate that a glacier collapsed just south of the border and was responsible for seismic activity and the flooding.
09:41am
Death toll rises to 489
The official death toll from the floods has now risen to 489, according to local authorities.
The number is expected to rise over the coming days as search efforts continue.
09:29am
Pictured: Rescue efforts continue
An army soldier helps a girl disembark from a helicopter after she is rescued from an area cut off by flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district - Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
A Nepal army helicopter flies over houses as they rescue stranded people at an undisclosed location, following flash floods and a mudslide - Nepal Army/REUTERS
09:17am
Two people rescued from hydropower tunnel
Two people have been pulled from inside a tunnel of a hydropower plant in Nepal.
Nepali soldiers pulled the survivors across the mud and piggybacked them to safety.
The army earlier said it was working to save 100 people who were trapped in the tunnel hit by the floods.
It had dispatched two helicopters to search for the missing people in Trishuli.
Raja Ram Basnet, a Nepalese army spokesman, said: “Our focus is in search and rescue of people... some people are trapped in the tunnel of Trishuli 3A hydropower project.”
Some 100 people were trapped in the tunnel - REUTERS/PMO Nepal
Rescuers evacuate people from a tunnel of a hydropower project - PMO Nepal/REUTERS
09:02am
Why Nepal is declining assistance
Nepal is declining offers from other countries to assist with its emergency response efforts after the flash floods.
The foreign ministry said that it had received several official and unofficial offers from both foreign governments and international air organisations, but that Kathmandu had decided its own security agencies should take charge of the operation.
“We received similar requests from China and other countries too, but we had to turn down the request,” a foreign ministry official told The Kathmandu Post.
This could be because of the complications that arose from the humanitarian response to Nepal’s 2015 earthquake, which killed approximately 8,800 people.
Research analysing the response claimed that there were so many assets, donations and personnel that Nepal struggled to manage the process. A lot of the aid included unnecessary medicines and unsuitable foods.
There was also an issue of capacity – with so many international personnel flying in, they congested the airport at the expense of medical teams and other essential supplies.
This time, Nepal has asked for financial assistance. The US has pledged $500,000 (£368,000) and China has coordinated emergency supplies and cash assistance as well.
08:50am
Hindu priest among 33 Britons missing in floods
A Hindu priest from south London who had been leading a tour group is among 33 Britons missing after the flash floods in Nepal.
Nabhi Nandan Das, 64, was leading a group of 11 British citizens, including a 13-year-old girl, to the country when a wall of ice, mud and rock smashed into a river on the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.
Mr Das, from Streatham, is a priest at the South London Sanatan Mandir and Community Centre in Coulsdon, Croydon.
The tour is understood to have been due to visit the Kailash mountain and Lake Manasarovar, two Hindu holy sites in Tibet.
The group are believed to have crossed from Nepal into China by the time the floods struck. Mr Das is among 11 Britons in the group who are missing, along with four local tour guides.
Nabhi Nandan Das, from Streatham, is among the 33 Britons who are missing after the flash floods in Nepal
The Coulsdon temple was closed on Thursday evening, but a worshipper visiting the site confirmed the identity of Mr Das and said the entire community was “in shock”.
Ravi Cauhan, 37, said “quite a few people” from the temple had been on the tour, identifying three others who he believes worship at the same venue.
He told The Telegraph: “I found out today through the temple group chats. I thought, ‘Oh wow... it’s a really bad situation.’”
08:35am
Rescue operations resume after lake overflow
Rescue operations have resumed in Tibet as the lake overflow has now stopped, according to Chinese state media.
Chinese officials had halted rescue efforts around three hours ago after concerns of new flooding.
Chinese broadcaster CCTV said rescue operations were continuing “as normal” after the water levels of the barrier lake “dropped slightly”.
08:32am
Watch: Dammed lake overflows
08:17am
Pictured: Woman cries after being rescued
A woman cries after being rescued at an army camp following flash floods in Battar Bazar town in Nepal’s Nuwakot district - AFP/PRABIN RANABHAT
08:04am
Where is the lake that is overflowing?
The lake that is overflowing is understood to be in Rusawa, at the confluence of the Chochen River in Nepal and the Purepu Tsangpo River, Gyirong county, in China’s Tibet region.
It is 10km from Gyirong Port, a Chinese land border crossing on the border destroyed in Wednesday’s flood, and holds over two million cubic metres of water.
The lake formed after a wall of mud and debris was created following Wednesday’s floods. The lake is full and water has begun trickling out, Chinese state media reported.
An aerial image of the barrier lake before it burst its banks - AFP
07:54am
Red Cross ‘very concerned’ about second flood
The Red Cross humanitarian organisation said it was “very concerned” about a second flood in Nepal.
David Fisher, the head of the Red Cross delegation in Nepal, said rescue teams were moving to safety and helping to spread the alert.
“We are very concerned to hear that the expected secondary flood in Rasuwa has already begun this morning. Red Cross teams are moving to safety and helping to disseminate the alert,” he said in a statement on X.
07:47am
How chunk of glacier bigger than Buckingham Palace unleashed destruction on Nepal
At 8.37am local time on Wednesday, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
It was a shock wave created when a 50-acre chunk of glacier fell nearly 4,000ft to a Himalayan valley floor, scouring the mountain face of Langtang Lirung, and triggering an avalanche.
The slab of ice could have filled 28 football pitches and was 11 acres larger than Buckingham Palace. Its collapse set off a devastating surge of destruction known as a “hazard cascade”.
Fast-moving avalanche debris surged into the Lhende Khola river and created a natural dam, which allowed large amounts of rock, ice, mud and water to build up.
When the pressure became too great, the dam burst, releasing a flood that became more deadly as it was funnelled down the steep mountain valley, picking up gravel, boulders and tree trunks at more than 100mph.
Just 13 minutes after the collapse, at 8.50am, a water-level monitoring station in Syabrubesi, Rasuwa, stopped transmitting data, and by 9.05am the authorities had received information about a major flood on the Bhotekoshi River from Tibet.
07:20am
Rescue stopped after lake bursts banks
Authorities in Nepal have stopped rescue operations for the next 90 minutes, an army officer said, after a dammed lake in the flood-hit region began to overflow.
Helicopter rescue operations in the flood-hit Rasuwa district were stopped and residents were seen rushing up the hill, according to a witness.
“We are asking rescuers and relief workers and all security personnels and who are involved in relief work and all the general population to remain very vigilant and move to a secure place,” police said.
07:11am
Nepal lake breaks banks
A lake in Nepal has burst its banks, following flash floods that devastated the region.
Officials were concerned about a second flood after a lake formed by immense piles of debris began to overflow.
Nepal police have confirmed the lake has burst its banks “on the Tibetan side”.
A Nepal army official said rescue operations have been stopped for the next 90 minutes.
“We can see that the level of water in the river is rising,” he said, adding that it is unclear how high the water level is at present.
The barrier lake has burst its banks raising fears of a second deadly flood - BBC
07:05am
Pictured: Authorities clear mud after floods
Militia members clear mud and debris after floods triggered by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra, in Ningming county - REUTERS
07:02am
Nepal declines foreign search and rescue support
Nepal has declined search and rescue support offered by a number of countries, including the UK, declaring it does not “require such help”.
“The offer for help is natural. Our security agencies are doing the search and rescue operation. For now we don’t require such help,” Lok Bahadur Chhetri, a ministry spokesman, said.
He added that instead of foreign rescue teams, the country needed cash donations and financial aid.
Search and rescue support was offered by a number of countries including India, the US, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
06:55am
Trump: Buildings in Nepal wiped out like toothpicks
Donald Trump has said the flooding in Nepal and Tibet was “terrible to see”, describing how “strong, well-built buildings were wiped out like they were toothpicks”.
The president said: “It’s terrible. We’ve called Nepal. We’ve offered any help that they need.
“It’s a terrible thing. We’re sending aid, and we’ve spoken to the leadership and we let them know anything they want, we’ll have.”
06:51am
Nepal army working to rescue 100 people trapped in hydropower tunnel
Rescuers are working to save 100 people that are trapped in a hydropower tunnel hit by the floods.
Nepal’s army has dispatched two helicopters to search for the missing people at the tunnel in Trishuli.
Raja Ram Basnet, a Nepalese army spokesman, said: “Our focus is in search and rescue of people... some people are trapped in the tunnel of Trishuli 3A hydropower project.”
The prime minister’s office said in a statement that 350 people had been rescued from the area, but that 100 more were trapped.
06:50am
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