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Nepal tunnel rescue revives hopes 10 days after flood

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A Nepali rescue team, along with foreign experts from India, China, Australia, and South Korea, has pulled a Chinese national alive from the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project tunnel in Rasuwa district. The survivor, identified as Luhaitao, was rescued 10 days after catastrophic flooding caused by a glacial collapse on August 26. So far, 1,344 bodies have been recovered in Nepal and around 5,000 people are still missing. The rescue brings renewed hope for finding more survivors among the hundreds of hydropower workers who went missing after the disaster.
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On August 26, a catastrophic flood struck the Nepal-Tibet region after a glacier collapsed in Nepal, resulting in over 1,300 deaths and leaving more than 5,500 people missing. Ten days later, on September 5, rescuers pulled out two survivors: Luhaitao, a Chinese man from a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district, and Chandrika Shrestha, a 64-year-old Nepali woman rescued from her home in Nuwakot district. Both were airlifted for medical treatment. The rescue operations continue amid immense challenges, with the UN launching an appeal for $US50 million to help over 84,000 affected individuals.

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China Chinese Nepal Nepali the Nepal Army

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China GPE · 3× Nepal GPE · 3× Nepali NORP · 3× Army ORG · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× Luhaitao PERSON · 1× Raja Ram Basnet PERSON · 1× Rasuwa GPE · 1× the Nepal Army ORG · 1× the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project ORG · 1×

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In China, state media said 31 people had been killed and 531 were missing there, taking the overall death toll to 1,375 people. Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP that “work is underway at the tunnels” to locate any survivors.
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🔮 The government initially said it believed more than 100 workers could be alive inside multiple tunnels.
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Nepal tunnel rescue revives hopes 10 days after flood · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 2 hedged)

Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive on Saturday from a tunnel buried by debris, as emergency response teams dug with new vigour in the search for missing people 10 days after catastrophic flooding. asserted
teams → pull → flooding
A joint rescue team comprising personnel from the Nepal Army and foreign experts rescued the man from 225 metres inside the tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Rasuwa district, a military statement said. asserted
statement → comprise → district
A picture of the rescue published on the army’s Facebook page shows the man, identified only as Luhaitao, with his arms around the shoulders of two camouflage-clad rescuers. asserted
picture → publish → rescuers
He looked alert but his hands were covered in thick, slimy mud. asserted
hands → look → mud
“His health is currently being assessed and further search and rescue operations are continuing,” the army said. asserted
army → assess → ?
The survivor was among hundreds of hydropower workers who went missing after a tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through the China-Nepal border following a vast glacial and rock collapse on Aug. 26. asserted
wall → go → Aug.
Two Nepali hydropower workers were rescued on Friday at the Trishuli 3A tunnel, where searches continued alongside multiple other sites, with at least 12 hydropower projects destroyed by the floods. asserted
projects → rescue → floods
So far, 1,344 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, according to the national disaster agency, with around 5,000 people still missing. uncertain
people → recover → agency
In China, state media said 31 people had been killed and 531 were missing there, taking the overall death toll to 1,375 people. Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP that “work is underway at the tunnels” to locate any survivors. asserted
work → say → survivors
The government initially said it believed more than 100 workers could be alive inside multiple tunnels. uncertain
workers → say → tunnels
Rescuers called it a “miracle” after the two Nepali men, caked in mud, were pulled out alive on Friday, nine days after being trapped by the flood. asserted
men → call → flood
They were taken to hospital and are said to be in a stable condition. asserted
They → take → condition
Experts from India, China, Australia and South Korea have been aiding Nepali rescuers in their search of survivors inside blocked tunnels. asserted
Experts → aid → tunnels
With morgues overflowing, more than a thousand bodies hade been buried in mass graves after taking DNA samples for future identification, Nepal Police said Saturday. asserted
Police → overflow → identification
Prime Minister Balendra Shah promised to provide “safe and comfortable accommodation” for thousands of people displaced by the disaster and currently living in temporary relief camps. asserted
Shah → promise → camps
“We know that staying there (in camps) is not easy for you,” he said in a Friday post on social media. asserted
he → know → media
But he promised to “once again create an environment where you can dream about and build your future.” asserted
you → promise → future
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