Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
33%
6 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
63/100
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Outlets on this story
54
World
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant Friday, raising hopes of reaching dozens of others believed to be trapped nine days after deadly floods swept away villages and submerged the Himalayan region in mud and debris.
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floods → pull → mud
Search teams first heard voices from inside the tunnel in the morning, allowing them to locate the two men, Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said.
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Neupane → hear → men
Images showed a rescuer carrying one of the workers, covered in mud, on his back, while soldiers on either side helped.
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soldiers → show → side
One of those rescued said more people are alive inside the tunnel, according to army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, and the search is ongoing.
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search → rescue → Basnet
“I can’t explain what we are feeling at the moment.
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we → explain → moment
We are just grateful to god,” Amir Maharjan, the brother of one of those rescued, told The Associated Press.
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Maharjan → rescue → Press
Basnet confirmed the first trapped worker’s rescue, and Neupane posted about the second on his Facebook page shortly after.
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Neupane → confirm → page
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Both men were flown to a hospital in Kathmandu, and Maharjan said his family was on its way there.
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family → get → way
One of the survivors was in critical condition, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office.
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One → accord → office
Officials identified the men as a mechanical foreman and a mechanical supervisor.
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Officials → identify → foreman
They were rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A plant.
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They → rescue → plant
About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in various tunnels, according to authorities.
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500 → miss → authorities
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family → kill → floods
Canadian citizen confirmed safe after Nepal floods but 29 still missing
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29 → confirm → floods
‘We have to move quickly’: Canadians lend a hand as massive relief effort in Nepal begins
About 115 are believed trapped in the tunnel at Trishuli 3A alone, according to the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal.
Nepal’s Communication Minister Bikram Timilsina wrote on his Facebook page that officials “are waiting for the rescue of more and more people.”
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officials → have → people
At least 1,287 people were killed in the Aug. 26 floods, likely caused by a glacier collapse, and more than 5,000 remain missing, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency.
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5,000 → kill → agency
China said Friday 31 people were killed and 531 were missing on the Tibet side of the border, according to Chinese official news agency Xinhua.
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531 → say → Xinhua
Nepal’s disaster agency estimated Friday that flooding caused at least 387.5 billion Nepalese rupees ($2.5 billion) in damage to infrastructure and property.
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flooding → estimate → infrastructure
The Aporia
