The Nepalese army has deployed heavy equipment and search teams to extract over 900 construction workers stranded in hydropower project tunnels after catastrophic monsoon flooding. Rescue efforts remain challenging due to damaged infrastructure and ongoing landslide risks.
Video footage shows emergency crews pulling survivors from a mud-filled tunnel at a hydropower plant in Rasuwa district following severe flooding that trapped dozens of construction workers.
A devastating flash flood in Nepal has killed hundreds and left over a thousand missing, prompting urgent rescue operations to free more than 100 workers trapped inside a hydropower project tunnel. As international aid arrives, experts and officials are examining how climate shifts and riverbank construction exacerbated the disaster.
Severe flooding across Nepal and Tibet has killed over 600 people and left nearly 3,000 missing, triggering widespread rescue operations and international relief pledges. Authorities continue to face logistical hurdles as bad weather disrupts recovery efforts and searches for stranded foreign nationals.
Severe flooding and landslides triggered by complex environmental factors have killed over 500 people and left nearly 2,500 missing across Nepal. In response to the mounting crisis, the Nepalese government has reversed its stance and accepted international rescue assistance while domestic recovery efforts continue.
At least seven workers have been killed and three remain trapped after a tunnel collapsed at a hydropower project in Uttarakhand, India. Rescue operations are ongoing amidst challenging weather conditions.
Catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed hundreds and left more than 2,400 people missing, prompting extensive multinational search-and-rescue operations. The disaster has stranded numerous foreign tourists and hydropower workers while severely straining local emergency response resources.
Authorities in Nepal and Tibet have halted search efforts after a landslide-created barrier lake overflowed, triggering dangerous flash floods along the mountainous border. The renewed flooding endangers teams searching for dozens of missing mountaineers, including British nationals.
Rescue operations at the NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydropower Project tunnel in Sikkim have recovered the body of one more worker, bringing the total number of retrieved bodies to 13 following the collapse.