People rescued in Nepal 10 days after floods

Ten days after devastating floods struck Nepal, rescuers pulled a man alive from a hydropower-station tunnel and found a woman alive beneath the ruins of a house in Nuwakot.

The man was rescued from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project by a joint team of Nepali military personnel and South Korean disaster experts. Nepal’s army said he was undergoing a health examination. Two Nepali workers had been rescued from the tunnel on Friday, bringing the total number of workers recovered alive from the Trishuli hydropower project to three.

A woman was also found alive in the flood-affected city of Nuwakot, a Nepalese army representative said. She was being taken by helicopter to Kathmandu.

Nepal’s disaster management agency said at least 1,300 people died in the Aug. 26 floods, which were likely caused by a glacial collapse. More than 5,000 people were still missing, while authorities said about 900 workers had disappeared from 12 hydropower projects and roughly 500 were believed trapped in various tunnels.