Nepal death toll nears 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels
This operation must move much faster because every second is meaningful to us," Jiban Khadka, whose relative is also trapped inside the plant, told Kantipur. It looks like a lunar landscape," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One.Once rescuers knew where the power stations were, Dix said they could then decide the best way to access them, which typically involves digging and "blasting boulders"."There's boulders bigger than houses. Medical staff and volunteers worked to extract DNA from the unidentified remains.Ganesh Aryaal, the chief district officer, told BBC Nepali that relatives will still be able to extricate the remains of their loved ones, once they are identified through DNA testing."We don't have enough freezers here...
- ▪This operation must move much faster because every second is meaningful to us," Jiban Khadka, whose relative is also trapped inside the plant, told Kantipur.
- ▪It looks like a lunar landscape," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One.Once rescuers knew where the power stations were, Dix said they could then decide the best way to access them, which typically involves digging and "blasting boulders"."Th
- ▪Medical staff and volunteers worked to extract DNA from the unidentified remains.Ganesh Aryaal, the chief district officer, told BBC Nepali that relatives will still be able to extricate the remains of their loved ones, once they are identi
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Nepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnelsImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesByJake Lapham, Kelly Ng and BBC NepaliPublished31 August 2026Updated 1 September 2026 08:37 BSTThe death toll in Nepal from devastating floods on the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000, according to the country's disaster agency.More than 3,900 people remain missing - of whom more than 600 are workers believed to be trapped in a vast network of mud-filled tunnels at hydropower sites along Trishuli River.Engineers have been pumping air into the tunnels - and while a team did manage to gain entry to one of them, it withdrew after finding no-one there. "I wish we could find him.
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