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Hope for Survivors in Nepal as Tunnel Rescue Efforts Continue
More than 21,000 security personnel are aiding rescue and relief work as 4,216 people remain missing, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Nepal Police and Nepali Army launched search and rescue operations inside the flooded tunnel of the Langtang Hydropower Project-2 in Rasuwa District, with teams conducting joint efforts to locate survivors.
- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported the flood death toll has risen to 1,252, with around 4,216 people remaining missing or out of contact across several districts.
- Security forces deployed more than 21,000 personnel, rescuing around 11,993 people, while the Nepali Army and Armed Police Force provided medical treatment to 3,206 and 1,628 individuals, respectively.
- Helicopter flights transport relief materials including food items to Nuwakot and Rasuwa, though authorities face identification challenges with only 95 bodies handed over to relatives so far.
- Around 3,948 displaced individuals currently shelter at holding centers across affected districts, including 2,981 in Nuwakot, 320 in Rasuwa, 260 in Dhading, and 387 in Kathmandu.
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In the midst of floods and landslides in Nepal, Home Minister Sudan Gurung's different style came to light. He was seen with the rescue team in clothes stained in mud and helped bring out the people evacuated from the tunnel.
Rescue crews dig in tunnels and hydroelectric construction sites as the death toll rises dramatically
·Marousi, Greece
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Sydney Morning Herald+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
Nepal rescue mission continues
Hundreds of workers remain trapped in hydropower tunnels in Nepal as 38 Australians remain missing.
·North Sydney, Australia
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Search and rescue operation in flood-hit tunnel of Langtang Hydropower Project-2 underway: Nepal police - The Tribune
"Search and rescue operations are ongoing inside the tunnel of the Langtang Hydropower Project-2, located in Rasuwa District, by a joint team of Nepal Police and the Nepali Army," the police wrote.
·Chandigarh, India
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right5Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Right
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Right
46% Right
L 27%
C 27%
R 46%
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