# Nepal rescuers blast hillside to reach trapped hydropower workers

https://mins.news/en/item/39073

- BBC News, 2026-08-31 17:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylvgq9q71o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Rescuers in Nepal are using explosives to break through a hillside and pumping air into tunnels in an effort to reach more than 600 hydropower workers believed trapped along the Trishuli River. The flood disaster’s death toll has reached 939, while the number missing was revised to 3,925.

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