Collected PhotoRescue teams in Nepal today (5 September) recovered a Chinese national and a woman alive, 10 days after devastating floods swept through parts of the country, officials said.
The Chinese man was found inside a tunnel at the Trishuli hydropower project, according to a post by the Prime Minister's Office on social media. His rescue brings to three the number of workers found alive at the project. Two Nepali workers were rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant yesterday (4 September).
Nepal's army said a joint team of Nepali military personnel and South Korean disaster-response specialists rescued the man from a 225-metre (738-foot) tunnel. He was being medically assessed after being brought out and was later evacuated by helicopter, with an army medic monitoring him during the flight.
Footage released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed two rescuers carrying the survivor out of the tunnel.
Authorities said around 900 workers remain missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, with about 500 believed to be trapped inside tunnels.
Elsewhere, a woman was rescued alive from a house in flood-hit Nuwakot town on Saturday, according to a spokesperson for Nepal's army. She was being airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
Photos released by the army showed rescuers finding the woman covered in mud. They provided her with bottled water before taking her to safety wrapped in a gray blanket.
At least 1,300 people were killed in the floods that struck Nepal on Aug 26, while more than 5,000 remain missing, according to the country's disaster management agency. The flooding was likely triggered by a glacier collapse.
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