# EXCLUSIVE: How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel

https://mins.news/en/item/48966

- Reuters, 2026-09-08 00:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-two-men-survived-nine-days-nepal-flood-tunnel-2026-09-08/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9f5bbfabedf1000171c4a4

> Delirious and drifting between consciousness and unconsciousness in muddy water, Kabir Maharjan endured nine days trapped in total darkness inside a tunnel buried beneath the wreckage of Nepal’s worst flood disaster in decades.

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