Death Toll From Massive Floods Exceeds 800... Rescue Teams Enter Power Plant Tunnel

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The death toll from the massive floods in Nepal has risen to 804, with 3,048 people still missing. Rescue workers have entered the tunnel of a hydroelectric power plant where more than 100 people are estimated to be trapped.

Reporter Jang Seon-i has the details.

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In the dark, an excavator continuously clears away the earth and debris blocking the tunnel.

The Nepali military drilled four holes into the tunnel, and rescue workers descended using ropes.

More than 100 people are estimated to be isolated in the tunnels in this area. The Prime Minister's Office of Nepal stated that rescue teams called out to those trapped, but there was no response.

Amid the despair, news of survival emerged.

As Nepali armed police barely lifted a broken structure, the face of a small child covered in dry mud was revealed.

A six-year-old girl was rescued two days after the massive floods struck.

The girl was transferred to Kathmandu for treatment, but the whereabouts and survival of her parents remain unconfirmed.

[Affected Resident: (I) am from Rasuwa and have lost everything; my house and belongings are all gone. My house has been completely destroyed. I don't know where my children are.]

It has been six days since the massive floods and landslides struck Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Combining the figures from both countries, the death toll has reached at least 800, and the number of missing persons has surpassed 3,000.

With morgues reaching capacity, Nepali authorities temporarily buried nearly 200 unidentified bodies over two days.

Even while clearing away mud, residents evacuate to higher ground whenever flood warnings sound.

Rescue operations were temporarily halted early yesterday morning due to heavy rain that raised the water level of the Trishuli River.

No additional survivors have been found in the border regions on the Chinese Tibetan side either.

[Ren Wei / Deputy Commander of China Emergency Rescue Battalion: Despite deploying substantial forces and making great efforts, it is very regrettable that no new survivors have been found so far.]

Taking the opportunity of this disaster, China and Nepal discussed expanding the sharing of water levels and discharge information from the upper reaches of Tibet, as well as measures to strengthen early warning systems.

Video by Jung Yong-hwa
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.