Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood
Nepal Army rescuers carry a Chinese national after he was found alive in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Rasuwa, Nepal, on 5 September 2026.
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A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving more than 5,600 missing.

The Nepali army said the person, named only as Luhaitao, was rescued from inside a 225-metre (246-yard) tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.

On Friday, rescue workers pulled two people from another tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station on the same river.

Rescue workers said they believe the 26 August collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the river trapped at least 900 people in tunnels linked to six hydropower projects.

Footage shared by the Nepali army showed Luhaitao receiving emergency medical attention inside a helicopter before being taken to an army hospital.

Survivor Sanjay Sah is carried by members of a search and rescue team after they rescued alive two people who had been trapped inside a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project following devastating floods and mudslides that struck the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal, 4 September 2026.
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Worker stayed behind to help others

Mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah said he chose to stay and help colleagues when the disaster struck, rather than flee the hydropower station.

Sah was rescued alongside another worker on Friday, nine days after ice, rock and debris swept through the valley where the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station was located.

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