2 trapped workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnel 9 days after floods2-MIN READ2-MIN0ListenPublished: 12:51pm, 4 Sep 2026Updated: 1:05pm, 4 Sep 2026Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said.Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the Energy Ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers.A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him away on an orange stretcher.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x
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2 trapped workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnel 9 days after floods
Two hydropower workers have been rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal nine days after it was buried by debris from catastrophic flooding. The rescue occurred on Friday, according to government ministers.
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-04 · 04:51 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Two hydropower workers have been rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal nine days after it was buried by debris from catastrophic flooding. The rescue occurred on Friday, according to government ministers. Video released by the energy ministry showed one man being helped to his feet by rescuers after being pulled from a muddy opening. A photograph depicted the second man, covered in mud, being carried away on a stretcher by rescuers. The workers were trapped for over a week following the severe flooding.
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A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer.
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Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening.
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The workers were trapped for 9 days after catastrophic flooding.
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Two hydropower workers were rescued from a tunnel in Nepal.
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