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Nepal rescuers race to reach hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels
Workers thought to be stuck in underground areas of 11 plants after last week’s devastating flash floods Rescue teams are working to reach more than 900 missing hydropower workers, hundreds of whom are feared trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of 11 hydropower plants in Nepal after the devastating flash floods , the country’s disaster management authority said on Monday. The death toll from the unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on Wednesday last week has risen to 903, with 16 more dead reported in Tibet. Nearly 5,000 are missing on the two sides of the border. Continue reading...
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Workers thought to be stuck in underground areas of 11 plants after last week’s devastating flash floods Rescue teams are working to reach more than 900 missing hydropower workers, hundreds of whom are feared trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of 11 hydropower plants in Nepal after the devastating flash floods , the country’s disaster management authority said on Monday. The death toll from the unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on Wednesday last week has risen to 903, with 16 more dead reported in Tibet. Nearly 5,000 are missing on the two sides of the border. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Nepal rescuers race to reach hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels, Workers thought to be stuck in underground areas of 11 plants after last week’s devastating flash floods Rescue teams are working to reach more than 900 missing hydropower workers, hundreds of whom are feared trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of 11 hydropower plants in Nepal after the devastating flash floods , the country’s disaster management authority said on Monday. The death toll from the unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on Wednesday last week has risen to 903, with 16 more dead reported in Tibet. Nearly 5,000 are missing on the two sides of the border. Continue reading…
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