# 'Fight through darkness, water': Nepal survivor recounts escape from flood-hit tunnel

https://mins.news/en/item/44155

- France 24, 2026-09-03 17:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260903-fight-through-darkness-water-nepal-survivor-recounts-escape-from-flood-hit-tunnel

> A Nepalese worker describes a harrowing escape from a hydropower-project tunnel after last week’s devastating floods. About 900 workers remain trapped in tunnels at six hydroelectric plants, while the number missing in the Himalayan disaster rose to 5,624 on Thursday, according to Nepalese and Chinese authorities.

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- [Nepal Tibet Himalayan Flood Disaster](https://mins.news/en/topic/nepal-tibet-himalayan-flood-disaster) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/nepal-tibet-himalayan-flood-disaster.md

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