Nepal Floods: Two More Survivors Rescued After Ten Days

Nepal’s ongoing flash-flood rescue operation recorded a significant breakthrough as two people were rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel after remaining trapped for nearly ten days. The survivors were located at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project, where the tunnel had been buried under mud and debris following the devastating floods of August 26. 

The rescue operation was carried out by Nepalese security and disaster-response teams, with technical assistance from international experts. Rescue personnel used infrastructure maps and coordinated search efforts to identify possible survival zones inside the damaged tunnel. 

The successful evacuation has renewed hopes for locating additional survivors. Authorities have continued search-and-rescue operations across affected hydropower facilities and communities, while medical teams are providing treatment to rescued individuals. Nepal’s disaster-response agencies are simultaneously managing relief, temporary shelter and rehabilitation requirements for thousands of affected people. 

The incident highlights the importance of rapid emergency response, inter-agency coordination, technical rescue capacity and disaster-resilient infrastructure in managing large-scale natural disasters. It also demonstrates the value of maintaining search operations even after prolonged periods when survivors may remain inaccessible.

Despite the encouraging rescue, the wider humanitarian situation remains critical, with substantial loss of life, infrastructure damage and a large number of people still unaccounted for. Government agencies and international partners continue to support rescue, relief and recovery operations.