Nepal flash flood disaster: Rescuers rescue two survivors
Quick Look
- Ten days after the flash flood disaster occurred in Nuwakot town in Nepal, rescue workers successfully rescued a woman.
- In addition, the joint rescue team rescued a Chinese male from the Triisuli Hydropower Project Tunnel.
- The disaster has so far killed at least 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 people missing.
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Why It Matters
On August 26, a suspected glacier collapse caused flash floods and landslides, resulting in serious casualties and loss of contact.
(Central News Agency, Kathmandu, comprehensive foreign news report on the 5th) A spokesman for the Nepalese military said today that rescue workers rescued a woman from a house 10 days after the flash flood disaster in Nuwakot town. Officials said she had been evacuated by air to the capital, Kathmandu.
The Associated Press reported that according to statistics from Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), flash floods and landslides caused by a suspected glacier collapse on August 26 have killed at least 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 people missing.
Rescuers rescued a Chinese man alive from a hydroelectric tunnel in Nepal today, according to a social media post from the Nepal Prime Minister's Office.
This latest rescue operation brings the total number of survivors rescued from the Trishuli Hydropower Project to three. Two Nepalese workers were rescued from the tunnel of Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station yesterday.
The Nepalese military stated that the rescue was a joint rescue team composed of Nepali military personnel and Korean disaster relief experts. They rescued the man in the 225-meter-long tunnel. He is currently undergoing health assessment. Images showed that he was evacuated by helicopter, with military medical personnel assisting in inspections along the way.
Open Questions
- What is the specific progress of the search and rescue of the missing persons?
- What are the subsequent infrastructure reconstruction plans in the disaster area?
