〈Anchor〉
The government is continuing helicopter search operations to locate nine South Korean nationals who have lost contact. Authorities are considering the possibility that they evacuated to higher ground and are isolated at a hydroelectric power plant construction site, but two helicopter searches have not yielded any survivors.
Reporter Park Yerim has the details.
〈Reporter〉
People in high places shout for others to flee toward a cluster of buildings.
[Run! Run!]
Vehicles such as buses are seen leaving the site, and people are gathered along the path leading toward the mountain.
Looking closely at the upper reaches of the adjacent river, massive water spray rushes down the canyon.
As the flood approaches right in front of them, the people filming also evacuate in a hurry.
This is believed to be footage of the office and dormitory at the hydroelectric power plant construction site where employees of Doosan Enerbility and Korea South-East Power were located at the time of the massive flood.
The South Korean government and relevant companies are conducting search operations with the possibility in mind that some of the nine South Korean employees who have lost contact may be isolated on high ground near the office building.
Following a search deployment by a Korea South-East Power helicopter just before sunset the day before yesterday (August 28), a helicopter chartered by the South Korean government carrying eight members of a joint rapid response team, including National Fire Agency personnel, was deployed to the accident site yesterday. Despite two rounds of searches, no survivors were found.
It was reported that after flying over areas suspected of harboring survivors, the response team determined that neither helicopter landings nor airdrops are currently easy considering the terrain characteristics and ground stability.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that Nepali authorities are carrying out rescue operations centered around their own military and police, taking into account regional characteristics, weather conditions, and the command and control of rescue personnel.
The response team plans to encourage Nepali authorities to prioritize searches in areas where South Roreans are presumed missing, while expanding the search radius for subsequent flights.
A second dispatched response team of nine personnel, consisting of one official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and eight from the National Fire Agency, has also arrived in Nepal and is scheduled to join the existing response team in search and rescue operations.
(Video Editing: Park Chun-bae, Video Source: Facebook 'Jambale Sherpa')
※
Copying, redistribution, and unauthorized use in AI training are strictly prohibited.