# 'Layer upon layer of miracles': How Nepal flood survivors were rescued from tunnel

https://mins.news/en/item/45166

- BBC News, 2026-09-04 08:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dwjv96qyqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Rescuers located a hydropower tunnel buried by last week's flash flood, then used carefully controlled explosives, excavation and drainage to clear mud, rocks and water. They pulled Sanjaya Shah and Kabir Maharjan out alive, but dozens more may remain trapped and the team still faces flooding and further collapses.

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