Two people rescued from Nepal flood rubble 10 days after disaster
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- Rescuers pulled two people alive from rubble 10 days after devastating flash floods in Nepal, officials said.
- A man was found in a tunnel at a hydroelectric plant under construction, while a woman was rescued from a house in Nuwakot.
- More than 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,000 remain missing after flooding triggered by a collapsing Himalayan glacier.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two people from the rubble 10 days after devastating flash floods, officials said.
The government said one man was rescued from a tunnel at a hydroelectric power plant under construction. An army spokesperson said rescuers also saved a woman from a house in the town of Nuwakot.
Authorities have so far confirmed more than 1,300 deaths, while more than 5,000 people remain missing. The flash floods were triggered last week by the collapse of a melting glacier in the Himalayas.
The landslide was so powerful that it registered as seismic activity measuring magnitude 5.2. Rocks and water rapidly raised river levels in narrow valleys, sending a surge downstream through Tibet and Nepal that destroyed settlements, bridges, roads and farmland.
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