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Rescuers in Nepal find two more people alive after flash flood disaster

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Christou, W. (2026, September 5). Rescuers in Nepal find two more people alive after flash flood disaster. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/rescuers-nepal-find-two-more-people-alive-flood-disaster

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Emergency responders in Nepal have rescued two individuals alive, a Chinese man and a Nepali woman, 10 days after massive floods hit the country on August 26. The rescue efforts focused on hydropower projects where about 900 workers are missing, with 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels. The total death toll from the floods is at least 1,375, with over 5,000 people still missing. International teams have been searching through damaged structures and debris to try to find survivors.

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Story summary

On August 26, a catastrophic flood struck the Nepal-Tibet region after a glacier collapsed in Nepal, resulting in over 1,300 deaths and leaving more than 5,500 people missing. Ten days later, on September 5, rescuers pulled out two survivors: Luhaitao, a Chinese man from a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district, and Chandrika Shrestha, a 64-year-old Nepali woman rescued from her home in Nuwakot district. Both were airlifted for medical treatment. The rescue operations continue amid immense challenges, with the UN launching an appeal for $US50 million to help over 84,000 affected individuals.

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“Both articles describe the rescue of two people, including one Chinese national and one Nepali woman, from a tunnel in Nepal, with details matching closely”

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Topics

Chinese India Nepal Nepali South Korean

Subjects

Nepal GPE · 5× Nepali NORP · 5× China GPE · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× India GPE · 1× Kathmandu GPE · 1× Nuwakot GPE · 1× South Korea GPE · 1× South Korean NORP · 1×

Narrative

The Nepali military said on Saturday a joint team comprising personnel from its army and South Korean disaster experts rescued the man from a 225-metre (740ft) tunnel in the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project, and that he was undergoing a health assessment.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-06

2026-09-06 · The Guardian

Rescuers in Nepal find two more people alive after flash flood disaster · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 1 hedged)

Emergency responders have rescued a Chinese man and a Nepali woman in two separate operations as authorities continued to search for thousands of people missing 10 days after massive floods hit Nepal. asserted

floods → rescue → Nepal

he → say → assessment

Pictures showed him being evacuated by helicopter after being carried out of the tunnel. asserted

him → show → tunnel

Rescue efforts have focused on a dozen hydropower projects across Nepal, where about 900 workers are missing, 500 of whom are thought to be trapped in huge tunnels. asserted

500 → focus → tunnels

International rescue teams from India, China, South Korea and the US have been searching through debris and damaged structures at the projects to try to find survivors. asserted

teams → search → survivors

Two Nepali workers were rescued from another tunnel in a hydro-station on the Trishuli River on Friday. asserted

workers → rescue → Friday

Experts have said the possibility of finding missing people alive in the tunnels is diminishing. asserted

possibility → say → tunnels

The Nepali woman, 64, was rescued from a damaged house in the devastated town of Nuwakot. asserted

woman → rescue → Nuwakot

Photos published by the Nepali army showed rescuers discovering the woman submerged in mud before she was pulled to safety and airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment. asserted

she → publish → treatment

Members of Nepal’s police force cheered as she was pulled from the home, the lower half of which was buried in thick sludge. asserted

half → cheer → sludge

Emergency responders have been working to find survivors from the devastating floods in Nepal, which were triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on 26 August. asserted

which → work → August

Their work has been complicated by the massive infrastructural damage caused by the floods, with more than 40 bridges having collapsed and rivers swelling unpredictably. asserted

rivers → complicate → floods

At least 1,375 people have been killed in the floods, with more than 5,000 missing, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency. uncertain

5,000 → kill → agency