Nepal rescuers pull two more survivors from flood disaster after 10 days, while 900 remain missing at hydropower projects

Ten days after devastating floods hit Nepal, rescuers found two more people alive: a Chinese man trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a woman inside a damaged house. Their rescues offered a rare breakthrough as crews continued searching for thousands of missing people.

A joint team of Nepalese soldiers and South Korean disaster experts pulled the man from a 225-meter tunnel at the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers rescued on Friday had already brought the number of survivors recovered from the project to three.

The man was evacuated by helicopter, with a military doctor monitoring him during the flight. He was taken to hospital and remained in stable condition, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. In an audio recording shared by CCTV, he said he shouted whenever he saw the lights of rescue teams, but they could not hear him. “When they rescued me today, when they focused the light on me, I could not believe it,” he said.

The search has increasingly focused on 12 hydropower projects across Nepal. Authorities said about 900 workers are missing and believe around 500 may be trapped in several tunnels. Specialized teams from India, China, South Korea and the United States have been searching through debris, damaged structures and tunnels.

In Nuwakot, a woman was rescued alive from a flooded house, according to a Nepalese army spokesman. Images showed rescuers finding her covered in mud, giving her bottled water and wrapping her in a gray blanket before taking her to safety. She was being flown to Kathmandu for treatment.

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When they rescued me today, when they focused the light on me, I could not believe it.