Nepal Flood Death Toll Nears 1,000 as Rescuers Race to Reach Workers Trapped in Mud-Filled Tunnels
Sep 1, 2026
Hundreds of hydropower workers remain unaccounted for at flood-hit tunnel sites along the Trishuli river, as officials in Nepal and China confirm a combined death toll surpassing 1,000. The combined death toll from last week’s catastrophic flash floods and glacier-triggered landslide in Nepal
Nepal Rescuers Use Explosives to Reach Hydropower Workers Trapped in Flooded Tunnels
Aug 31, 2026
Army teams are blasting into a mud-covered hillside along the Trishuli River as families of more than 600 missing hydropower workers hold on to hope of a rescue. Rescue teams in Nepal are using controlled explosives to cut through a hillside buried in