KATHMANDU: Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday (Sep 9), two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by a glacial mountain collapse.
The Aug 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris, which began on the China-Nepal border, has killed more than 1,401 people and left 5,845 missing.
“The rescue and search work in the tunnels at Trishuli 3A, 3B and Chilime hydropower projects is ongoing,” Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP.
In Nepal, 1,358 bodies have been recovered and 5,326 people are missing, according to Kathmandu’s disaster authority.
In China, 43 people are dead and 519…
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