Nepal Landslide: Two Rescued from Power Plant as Government Prioritizes Search
Translated from Japanese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- Rescuers freed two workers from a hydropower plant tunnel nine days after a major landslide near the Nepal-China border.
- The Nepalese government plans to prioritize the search for additional survivors.
Two workers trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower plant in Nepal were rescued nine days after a major landslide near the country’s border with China.
The workers were found at the facility on Nepal’s side of the border and rescued on September 4. The Nepalese government said it would give priority to the search for additional survivors.
Originally published by NHK in Japanese. 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.