Nepal races to find hundreds stuck in hydropower tunnels following floods
More than 1,000 people have been killed in the devastating floods that struck the border between Nepal and Tibet. Authorities have started mass burials for unclaimed bodies while they wait for victims' families to claim them. Meanwhile, rescue operations are underway to rescue hundreds of workers stuck in hydropower tunnels. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more from the Chitwan district in Nepal.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Aug 31, 2026 at 6:26 AM ET
- Coverage span: 23h 27m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 1d 1h
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Nepal races to find hundreds stuck in hydropower tunnels following floods(opens original report in a new tab)ABC NewsTier B
Hundreds of workers feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as Nepal flood deaths cross 900(opens original report in a new tab)Rescuers are trying to find trapped workers in hydroelectric plant tunnels after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet killed at least 900 people and left more than 4,700 missing — ABC News
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CurrentWire ranked this story 67.3 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
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- 30.9 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 3.5 of 10
- Story prominence
- 8 of 10
- Velocity
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