Rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national and a woman alive 10 days
after devastating floods
[September 05, 2026]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese
national and a woman alive 10 days after devastating floods hit the
country, officials said Saturday.
The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel, according to a social
media post by the country’s prime minister’s office, bringing the total
to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two
Nepalese workers were rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A
hydropower plant on Friday.
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A drone view shows a damaged residential building along the swollen
Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot
district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) |
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Nepal's army said a joint rescue team of Nepalese military
personnel and South Korean disaster experts rescued the man from
a 225-meter tunnel (about 738 feet) and that he was undergoing a
health assessment. Images showed him being evacuated by
helicopter, with an army medic checking on him during the
flight.
A photo released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed two
rescuers carrying the man out of the tunnel.
About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects across
Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in various
tunnels, authorities said.
In flood-hit Nuwakot town, a woman was rescued alive from a
house, Nepal's army spokesperson said Saturday. Officials said
she was being airlifted to Kathmandu.
Images released by Nepal’s army showed rescuers finding the
woman covered in mud. They gave her bottled water before pulling
her to safety, wrapped in a gray blanket.
At least 1,300 people were killed in the Aug. 26 floods, which
were likely caused by a glacier collapse, and more than 5,000
remain missing, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency.
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