Overview
- Nine days after a glacier collapse on August 26, rescuers reached and evacuated two men alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel to Kathmandu.
- Officials said the survivors are a 30-year-old and a 45-year-old, and that one cannot move his arms and legs while the other’s injuries are not critical.
- Teams used explosives, excavators and military search squads to cut through debris and reach tunnel systems, and authorities say more rescues remain possible.
- Nepal’s disaster agency reports roughly 1,259 recovered dead in Nepal with more than 5,000 people missing across Nepal and Tibet, hundreds of construction workers unaccounted for, and preliminary damage of about $2.56 billion.
- Experts say a Langtang Lirung glacier collapse triggered the water-mud-debris surge, and Nepal plans to install seismic sensors, river cameras and a satellite link to strengthen early warning for future glacial outburst floods.