
死者1300人超に
ネパール中部ラスワ郡の土石流で埋もれた水力発電所トンネルから、発生から9日ぶりに技術者2人が救出された。現場では歓声が上がり、家族が再会を喜んだ。同国での土石流による死者は1300人を超えている。
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ネパール中部ラスワ郡で発生した土石流により、国営水力発電所のトンネルが埋没した。死者数は1300人を超えている。
【ニューデリー時事】救助チームが泥まみれの男性を抱え上げ外に出すと、周囲で大きな歓声と拍手が響いた。土石流が逃げ道をふさいでから9日後の救出劇。再会を待ち望んだ家族は「人生でこれほどうれしい日が訪れるとは」と歓喜した。
現場はネパール中部ラスワ郡にある国営の水力発電所トンネル。首相府などによれば、救出された2人のうち、1人目は30代のサンジャイ・シャハさん。続いて40代のカビル・マハルジャンさんが助け出された。いずれも発電所の技術者だ。
シャハさんは発災当時、トンネル内部の司令室にいた。近くには約40~45人がいたといい、「私の責任は皆の命を守ること。自分1人だけ逃げるわけにはいかなかった」と語る。先に仲間を避難させていたところ、自らが脱出する機会を失ってしまったという。
地元メディアの取材に応じたマハルジャンさんの妻は、これまで「食べることも眠ることもできなかった」と話す。「夫は第2の命を得て戻ってきた。とても幸せだ」と述べ、救助隊に感謝していた。

Two male engineers who were trapped in a hydroelectric power plant tunnel due to a debris flow disaster in the Nepal-China border area have been rescued for the first time in nine days. Nepali authorities say the death toll has reached at least 1,287 people, with more than 5,600 missing in both countries. The Japanese government has dispatched the International Disaster Relief Team to assist with identification.

Two male engineers have been rescued for the first time in nine days from inside a hydroelectric power plant tunnel following a debris flow disaster in the Nepal-China border area. The confirmed death toll in the country has reached at least 1,287, with a total of 1,308 victims and more than 5,600 missing.

According to Nepali media, two survivors were rescued on the 4th, nine days after the debris flow occurred inside a tunnel at a hydroelectric power plant near the Chinese border. Nepal's disaster response authorities announced on the 3rd that at least 1,259 people died on the Nepali side, and 1,280 people including 21 on the Chinese side. More than 5,600 people are missing in both countries. On the 4th, the Japanese government will dispatch a team of experts from the Japan Disaster Relief Team to Nepal to assist in identifying the severely damaged bodies.

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ネパール中部ラスワ郡で発生した土石流災害から1週間が経過し、死者は1100人を超え、4400人が不明のまま救助・捜索活動が続いている。 Victims have temporarily taken shelter in evacuation centers, but they have lost their homes and property and are increasingly worried about their future.中国国境近くの水力発電所トンネルには数百人が閉じ込められているとみられ、重機を使った救出作業が難航している。