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Two hydropower workers were successfully rescued alive after being trapped in a tunnel for nine days due to flooding.

Public SafetyInfrastructureNepalSep 4, 2026score 0.373 posts · 1 replies across 2 instances
The thread reports on the successful rescue of two hydropower workers who were trapped underground in a Nepal tunnel for nine days. The workers were caught by floodwaters during construction, and their survival is being reported by multiple international news outlets.

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Two hydropower workers were successfully rescued alive after being trapped in a tunnel for nine days due to flooding.
Parent: Disaster ReliefEntity: Nepal hydropower tunnel rescueSub-entity: trapped workersImpact: positiveDate: Sep 4, 2026Target: Nepal hydropower tunnel rescue

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Video. Two hydropower workers rescued alive after nine days trapped in Nepal tunnel https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/09/04/two-hydropower-workers-rescued-alive-after-nine-days-trapped-in-nepal-tunnel?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews
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Video: Workers rescued from hydro tunnel nine days after Nepal flooding https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/4/video-workers-rescued-from-hydro-tunnel-nine-days-after-nepal-flooding?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Asia News @asia-news-AlJazeera
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Two hydropower workers trapped underground in Nepal since Aug. 20 by floodwaters have been rescued. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/09/04/how-two-nepal-hydropower-workers-survived-nine-days-trapped-underground
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