Nepal Rescuers Hunt 930 Missing Hydropower Workers as Flood Death Toll Tops 750
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Updated · CNN · Aug 30
Nepal Rescuers Hunt 930 Missing Hydropower Workers as Flood Death Toll Tops 750
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Aug 30
Summary
More than 930 hydropower workers remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s flood zone, with rescuers still trying to reach possible survivors inside the 4-kilometer tunnel network at the Trishuli-3A project.
Crews have pumped air and dropped food through drilled holes but have not established contact with anyone inside; nearly 20,000 security personnel have been mobilized nationwide and 8,730 people rescued so far.
The disaster has killed at least 752 people in Nepal and 16 in China, while more than 3,000 people remain missing across both countries and authorities in China say no additional survivors have been found.
A new barrier lake formed after a Saturday landslide near the border, forcing rescuers in China to evacuate, while damaged water systems and decomposing bodies are raising disease risks in cut-off Nepali communities.
The United States raised its aid to $3.6 million from $500,000 as scientists linked Wednesday’s catastrophe to a massive glacier collapse and likely landslide on Langtang Lirung.