# Engineers in WhatsApp group guide Nepal flood rescue

https://mins.news/en/item/44611

- Reuters, 2026-09-04 01:10 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/how-engineers-whatsapp-group-are-guiding-nepals-flood-rescue-efforts-2026-09-04/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9a1a7248059c000187c152

> A group of experts is using WhatsApp to direct rescuers searching a Nepali valley more than a week after a devastating flash flood. Teams are urgently checking tunnels in destroyed hydropower plants for anyone who might still be alive.

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