Nine days after glacial floodwaters entombed them 170 metres beneath the Himalayas, two workers emerged from Nepal's Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel — alive, disoriented, and bearing witness to a catastrophe still unfolding above and below ground. The collapse of a glacier on the Nepal-Tibet border sent destruction through entire river valleys, killing more than 1,287 people and leaving 5,000 missing, with hundreds of workers still believed to be breathing in pockets of air deep within mountain tunnels. Their rescue is both a miracle and a measure of how much remains unknown — a reminder that su
Two workers rescued alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel nine days after catastrophic floods
At least 1,287 people killed in the floods with over 5,000 missing; approximately 900 workers missing from hydropower projects, with 500 believed trapped in tunnels.