{"id":14407,"date":"2026-09-06T11:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14407"},"modified":"2026-09-06T11:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:12:15","slug":"nepali-rescuers-buoyed-by-miracle-finds-but-tough-conditions-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14407","title":{"rendered":"Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nepali rescuers faced challenging conditions on Sunday as search operations after catastrophic floods entered a 12th day, buoyed by the extraordinary rescues of four survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The glacial and mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border killed at least 1,384 people and left more than 5,500 missing across the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rescuers found two more people alive on Saturday, joining two saved the day before in what have been described as miraculous tales of survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three of those have been found in hydropower tunnels where the government initially said it believed more than 100 workers could be alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Search and rescue is going on at the tunnels despite geography, adverse weather and lack of connectivity,” Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rescue workers were experiencing “multiple challenges”, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Excavators work during recovery efforts at the site of the destroyed Gyirong Port border crossing in Gyirong County, in China\u2019s western Tibet region on September 5, 2026. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The wall of icy water and debris tore through mountain districts on August 26, destroying roads, bridges and other infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, rescuers pulled a Chinese man alive from deep inside a hydropower tunnel, and a 64-year-old Nepali woman, Chandrika Shrestha, from her mud-covered home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Balendra Shah said the latter rescue had “given hope to the entire nation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day earlier, two Nepali hydropower workers were rescued at the Trishuli 3A tunnel, where searches continue alongside multiple other sites, with at least 12 hydropower projects affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other examples of remarkable fortitude have emerged from Nepal, including Rajendra Dawadi, a school principal who quickly ordered an evacuation as the torrent approached, saving hundreds of students’ lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flash flood survivors rest inside a relief shelter at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on September 6, 2026. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“If the information was wrong, we would lose a day of schooling,” he told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But if it was true, we were going to lose our lives.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tolls rise in China<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Biraj Bhakta Shrestha said work was continuing to restore electricity in several areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Places that have unreachable, we’ve tried to restore power with solar,” he told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has called the disaster a “Himalayan tsunami” and has warned reconstruction costs could run into the billions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations has said the magnitude of the destruction makes delivering aid an immense challenge, and has launched a $50 million appeal to help more than 84,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People take part in a candlelight vigil for Nepal’s flash flood victims in Kathmandu on September 5, 2026. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With mortuaries overflowing, Nepal has buried hundreds of bodies in mass graves, after taking DNA samples for future identification, according to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only around 100 bodies have been identified and handed over to families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nepal will hold a national day of mourning on Monday, the 13th day since the disaster, in line with a traditional period of mourning in Hindu rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is accelerating glacial melting worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Nepal, rescuers have retrieved 1,341 bodies, while around 4,996 people remain missing, according to the disaster agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death toll from the disaster in Tibet has risen from 31 to 43, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A further 519 people are missing, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combined toll is 1,384 dead and more than 5,500 missing, including around 800 foreigners, among them tourists and pilgrims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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