Two people rescued from Nepal rubble 10 days after flood
Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Nepalese rescuers found a man in a hydroelectric power tunnel and a woman in a house in Nuwakot, 10 days after a devastating flood.
- Officials say the disaster killed 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 missing.
- The flood followed the collapse of a melting Himalayan glacier, sending water and debris through valleys across Tibet and Nepal.
Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two people alive from the ruins 10 days after a devastating flood, officials said.
The government said one man was rescued from a tunnel at a hydroelectric power project under construction. An army spokesman said rescuers also found a woman inside a house in the city of Nuwakot.
Officials have so far recorded 1,300 deaths, while more than 5,000 people remain missing. The flash flood last week followed the collapse of a glacier melting in the Himalayas.
The collapse was so powerful that it registered as seismic activity with a magnitude of 5.2. Rocks and water rapidly raised river levels in narrow valleys, creating a torrent that swept downstream through Tibet and Nepal and destroyed settlements, bridges, roads and land.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. 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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