Nepal rescuers reach remote areas in search of thousands missing nearly a week after devastating floods
Rescuers have freed 279 workers and are digging through ruined tunnels as 639 people remain trapped in hydropower stations, officials said.
- On Tuesday, rescue teams restored electricity and communication lines to Rasuwa, one of the worst-affected districts, as over 11,000 people were rescued across the disaster-hit Himalayan region following last week's glacier collapse.
- China's state broadcaster said on Monday the flood was "caused by glacier instability under the long-term effects of global warming," striking hydropower projects built to exploit Himalayan water resources.
- Mountain guide Asish Gurung warned that conditions at Trishuli Hydro Power plant make tunnel entry "not humanly possible," with about 500 people trapped inside awaiting bulldozers and excavators.
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah reported that more than $42 million in aid has poured into the country as the death toll reached 987, with at least 639 people still trapped in devastated hydropower stations.
- Shah urged the international community to address disasters from climate change, warning "the region must remain vigilant," as search teams recovered 24 bodies from a house in Betrabati village in Nuwakot.
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