Nepal's rescuers navigate mud-swamped tunnels for hundreds of missing workers

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: This handout photograph taken and released by Nepal's Prime Minister Secretariat on August 31, 2026 shows Nepali soldiers inspecting a tunnel to rescue workers after flash floods at Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project in Rasuwa district. © Nepal's Prime Minister Secretariat handout via AFP 01:47 Issued on: 01/09/2026 - 15:59 The death toll in Nepal has crossed 1,000 from the deadly floods that tore through an area on the border with Tibet on August 26, and nearly 4,000 people remain missing. six days on hopes for survivors are dimming, but rescuers focused on a network of hydropower sites along the Trishuli River are holding out hope. Of the roughly 900 workers missing, some 500 people are believed to be trapped in the tunnels, according to Nepalese authorities. Keywords for this article On the ground Asia / Pacific