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From Everest to the Disaster Zone: Nepal’s High-Altitude Sherpas Join Flood Rescue

From Der Standard · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Nepal has deployed professional high-altitude climbers to help manage the aftermath of a catastrophic flood that killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Sherpas and other rescue teams are searching for survivors in areas inaccessible to ordinary responders.
  • Two hydropower workers were rescued from tunnels nine days after the flash flood.

Nepal is turning to its professional high-altitude climbers for disaster response for the first time. After a catastrophic flash flood killed more than 1,000 people, the Sherpas are working in places “ordinary people cannot reach.”

The rescue effort produced a breakthrough on Friday morning, when two workers were pulled alive from the tunnels of hydropower plants. They had survived for nine days after the flood swept thousands of people to their deaths.

Their rescue came after hopes had nearly faded. It followed the relentless work of numerous helpers and rescue teams, who continued searching for survivors days after the disaster. The operation has brought the skills used in Nepal’s high mountains into one of the country’s most difficult disaster zones.

where ordinary people cannot reach

· UnspecifiedThe description highlights the inaccessible areas where Nepal’s high-altitude climbers are assisting after the flood.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. 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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