Third worker rescued from Nepal tunnel, woman found alive in rubble 10 days after devastating floods
Updated on: September 5, 2026 / 9:10 PM EDT / CBS/AP
TL;DR
- A man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, the third worker found alive at the Trishuli hydropower project.
- A joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and South Korean disaster experts conducted the tunnel rescue.
- A woman was rescued alive from a house in the flood-hit Nuwakot town.
- Rescue efforts are concentrated on 12 hydropower projects where approximately 900 workers are missing and about 500 are believed to be trapped.
- Specialized rescue teams from India, China, South Korea, and the United States are involved in the search.
- The floods, likely caused by a glacier collapse, have killed at least 1,300 people, with over 5,000 missing.