Rescuers pull 2 trapped workers from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant Friday, raising hopes of reaching dozens of others believed to be trapped nine days after deadly floods swept away villages and submerged the Himalayan region in mud and debris.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: NBC News · Sep 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM ET
- Coverage span: 10h 35m
- Coverage: 8 reports from 7 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 5 → 7 publications in 11h 0m
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PBS NewsHourTier A
Rescuers pull 2 trapped workers from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods(opens original report in a new tab)NPRTier A
2 trapped workers rescued from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods(opens original report in a new tab)Officials say rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a tunnel Friday during an ongoing operation. The rescues come nine days after the Aug. 26 floods. — NPR
Global NewsTier B
2 trapped workers rescued from tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods(opens original report in a new tab)Search teams first heard voices from inside the tunnel in the morning, allowing them to locate the two men, Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said. — Global News
Fox NewsTier B
Trapped Nepal workers pulled alive from tunnel 9 days after deadly flooding, raising hope for more rescues(opens original report in a new tab)Two workers were pulled alive from a Nepal hydropower tunnel nine days after catastrophic floods, and one rescued man says more people are trapped inside. — Fox News
France 24Tier B
Nepal floods: Two workers pulled alive from tunnel after nine days(opens original report in a new tab)Nepal's emergency crews have pulled two workers out of a hydropower tunnel where they had been trapped for nine days. The rescue comes more than a week after flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border killed more than… — France 24
CBS NewsTier B
2 hydropower workers pulled alive from tunnel in Nepal(opens original report in a new tab)After nine days, rescuers in Nepal reached a group of workers trapped underground in a tunnel, pulling out two men. Chris Livesay has more. — CBS News
CBS NewsTier B
2 Nepal workers rescued from tunnel 9 days after floods; more voices heard(opens original report in a new tab)Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel as emergency teams continued efforts to reach others believed to be trapped and still alive inside, officials said. — CBS News
NBC NewsTier B
Two trapped workers pulled alive from Nepal tunnel more than a week after deadly floods(opens original report in a new tab)Two workers in Nepal were pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel on Friday, some nine days after devastating floods swept the Himalayan region and left thousands of people missing. — NBC News
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