Nepal races to find hundreds stuck in hydropower tunnels following floods

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Nepal races to rescue workers trapped in tunnel via REUTERS - Naveen Srivastava via X 02:45 Issued on: 01/09/2026 - 11:53 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. Keywords for this article On the ground Asia / Pacific