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Nepal Floods: Rescue Efforts Focus on Trapped Hydropower Workers

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The rescue efforts aim to save the lives of potentially over 100 workers still trapped inside the tunnels, highlighting the urgent need for a successful rescue operation to prevent further loss of life.

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Nepali army rescuers have broken through to a hydropower tunnel, pumping air and sending a camera inside to reach workers trapped since devastating floods struck the site three days earlier. The rescue efforts are focused on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites, where over 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside tunnels. The floods have left 933 hydropower workers missing, with a wall of mud and debris sweeping down on the site.

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Nepal floods: rescuers send air pipe into tunnel with trapped workers

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  1. Revision 1 · Initial ingestion · Aug 30, 2026, 2:30 AM
  2. Revision 2 · Source update detected · Aug 30, 2026, 2:30 AM
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