Rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national alive 10 days after floods

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, according to a social media post by the country's prime minister's office.

Key points

• Regarding 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects throughout Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in various tunnels, authorities noted.
• At least 1, 300 individuals were killed in the Aug.
• The latest rescue brings the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project.
• Images indicated him being evacuated by helicopter, with an army medic checking on him during the flight.
• A photo published by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV demonstrated two rescuers carrying the man out of the tunnel.

For context, the latest rescue brings the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers were rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant on Friday.

Nepal's army remarked a joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and South Korean disaster experts rescued the man from a 225-meter tunnel (concerning 738 feet) and that he was undergoing a health assessment. Images indicated him being evacuated by helicopter, with an army medic checking on him during the flight.

In practice, a photo published by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV demonstrated two rescuers carrying the man out of the tunnel.

At least 1, 300 individuals were killed in the Aug. 26 floods, which were probable caused by a glacier collapse, and more than 5, 000 remain missing, according to Nepal's disaster management agency.

In short, rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national alive 10 days after floods is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.