Survivors pulled alive from flooded Nepal tunnel after more than a week trapped

Survivors pulled alive from flooded Nepal tunnel after more than a week trapped Three workers - two Nepalese and one Chinese - have miraculously been pulled alive from an underground tunnel in Nepal after being trapped for more than a week following devastating flash floods Three workers have been miraculously rescued alive from an underground tunnel in Nepal after being trapped for more than a week following devastating flash floods near the border with China. Search teams located two Nepalese men after hearing voices from inside the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant in Nepal’s Rasuwa district - an area north of Kathmandu bordering Tiber - on Friday morning, Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said. The third man, a Chinese national, was rescued from a tunnel in the same plant on Saturday. The Nepalese army said he was pulled alive from a 738ft tunnel and is undergoing a health assessment. Images showed him being evacuated by helicopter, with an army medic checking on him during the flight. Images from Friday’s rescue showed one of the workers, covered in mud, being carried on a rescuer's back. One of the men rescued said more people were still alive inside the tunnel, according to army spokesperson Brig Gen Raja Ram Basnet. Amir Maharjan, the brother of one of the Nepalese men rescued on Friday, told AP: "I can’t explain what we are feeling at the moment. We are just grateful to god." Both men were flown to a hospital in Kathmandu, and Maharjan said his family was on its way there. One of the survivors was in critical condition, according to a statement from the prime minister's office. Officials identified the men as a mechanical foreman and a mechanical supervisor. About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in various tunnels, according to authorities. Meanwhile, rescuers pulled a woman alive from a house in Nuwakot town on Saturday, 10 days after the floods hit the area, a Nepalese army spokesperson said. She was airlifted to Kathmandu. At least 1,375 people were killed in the August 26 floods, which were likely caused by a glacier collapse, and more than 5,000 remain missing, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency.