Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix says that Nepal's flood disaster poses an unprecedented challenge due to multiple search operations underway in Himalayan hydropower tunnels. The August 26 collapse has resulted in at least 1,385 deaths and over 5,500 people missing across the two countries. Rescue efforts are now in their thirteenth day, with hundreds of workers still unaccounted for. Experts from various countries, including China, India, and South Korea, are aiding Nepali teams in rescue operations.
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A massive glacial collapse in Nepal has caused widespread destruction and loss of life. On August 26, a wall of ice, rock, and mud tore through a Himalayan valley in Nepal, triggered by the collapse of a glacier on the China-Nepal border. The disaster traveled 22 kilometers in just seven minutes, devastating the Gyirong Port area and killing at least 1,384 people across both countries.
Rescue efforts are ongoing, with teams searching for hundreds still missing. On September 5, Chinese officials reported that workers had recovered 12 more bodies as the search continued. In Nepal, rescuers have found survivors in various locations, including a 64-year-old woman who was discovered alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried house in the Nuwakot district.
The disaster has caused immense heartbreak, with many families mourning the loss of loved ones. A junior Chinese customs officer, Li Leiyang, died just four days into her job, leaving behind a touching memory from her younger sister.
Pakistan has dispatched humanitarian aid to Nepal, including 100 tonnes of relief supplies, in support of the ongoing rescue efforts. The United Nations has also launched a $50 million appeal to help more than 84,000 people affected by the disaster.
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Nepal's flood disaster posed an unprecedented challenge, Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix said on Monday (September 7, 2026), with multiple search operations underway in Himalayan hydropower tunnels.
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The August 26 glacial and mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border killed at least 1,385 people, with more than 5,500 missing across the two countries.
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Hundreds of hydropower workers are among the missing, with rescue efforts now in their thirteenth day.
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"We are facing something I have never faced before," said Mr. Dix, president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in a post on social media.
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"Not one rescue, but multiple potential rescues, unfolding at the same time, in different places, each with its own dangers, uncertainties, and lives that may still be saved.
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Nepal is holding a national day of mourning on Monday in line with traditional Hindu rituals.
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But rescue efforts continue "with the same tempo we had on day one", Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP on Monday.
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We are making sure that no one is still stranded."
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The rescue of three workers from deep inside tunnels — two Nepalis on Friday and a Chinese man on Saturday — buoyed hopes of finding other survivors.
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Foreign experts, including from China, India, and South Korea, are aiding Nepali teams in rescue efforts — among them Mr. Dix.
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"We are measured not only by the lives we save, but by the lives we refuse to abandon," said Mr. Dix, a key adviser during the Indian rescue of 41 men trapped for 17 days inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand state in 2023.
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"Silkyara taught me never to confuse unlikely with impossible," he said.
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