Fears of Additional Flooding and Bad Weather: Trishuli at This Hour

[Anchor]

Today is the third day since the disaster. It is a time when search and rescue operations for the missing should be gaining speed, but as you saw earlier, the risk of secondary floods is causing major difficulties. Let us connect to Nepal to check the local situation.

Correspondent Han Sang-woo, exactly where are you currently stationed?

[Reporter]

Yes, I am currently standing along the banks of the Trishuli River, an area hit hard by the massive flood.

Behind me is the Trishuli River. A mud tsunami swept through, washing away parts of the riverbank, and muddy water is still continuously flowing down.

[Anchor]

I saw in the report a moment ago that an additional flood warning sounded. Is the situation safe now?

[Reporter]

Yes, an additional flood warning sounded earlier today, causing recovery, search, and rescue operations to be suspended entirely.

As a result, startled residents, rescue workers, and press crews had to evacuate in a hurry.

However, search and rescue operations resumed late in the afternoon.

We were able to witness victims being dramatically rescued and airlifted by helicopter on multiple occasions.

Currently, all private helicopters have been mobilized for rescue and search operations in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and Nuwakot District here.

Because roads are cut off and fears of additional collapses make ground access difficult, operations are entirely dependent on helicopters for search and rescue.

However, rain continues to start and stop repeatedly, causing difficulties even with this approach.

[Anchor]

Given how dangerous the situation is at the scene, I hope you will prioritize your safety while reporting, Correspondent Han. I understand that reports of missing persons are still coming in locally.

[Reporter]

Here, alongside helicopter rescues, the military is taking in and verifying reports of missing persons.

I visited a military base near the disaster area this afternoon, where desperate pleas continued for help in finding missing family members.

[Family member of a missing person: Three days have passed since my younger brother, who is a bus driver, went missing. We still haven't found him. We can't get in touch with the people who were on the bus either.]

Some family members of the missing could be seen constantly checking the frequently updated lists of transferred injured people, hoping their relatives might have been evacuated to a hospital.

Reports of missing persons continue to come in today, so the number of missing, which currently stands at around 1,500, is expected to keep rising.

(Video reporting: Joo Yong-jin, Kim Hangyul | Video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)
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