“Even the Last Signal”: Cell-Tower Records Used to Search for Nepal Flood Missing
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- Families of people missing after Nepal’s floods are turning to final mobile-network connections for clues.
- Environmental expert Roshan Kumar Joshi last connected to the Ramche-C tower in Rasuwa at 9:10 a.m. on the day of the flooding.
- Cell towers divide coverage into sectors, which may indicate whether a missing person was near the river or in another direction, although the records cannot pinpoint an exact location.
Families who have spent days searching for relatives missing in Nepal’s major floods are using the last recorded mobile-phone signal as a possible clue.
Roshan Kumar Joshi, an environmental expert working at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower site, last connected to the Ramche-C cell tower in the Rasuwa area at 9:10 a.m. on the day of the flooding. Nine South Koreans are also missing at the site.
A colleague told Joshi’s family that he had urged nearby workers to evacuate, shouting, “Run quickly, run.” His whereabouts have not been confirmed since.
Run quickly, run.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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