# Nepal tunnel rescue faces unprecedented challenges, expert says

https://mins.news/en/video/42824

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-02 23:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVvRNhsoo8

> Rescuers in Nepal are racing to reach hundreds of workers believed trapped in tunnels at a hydropower project after catastrophic flooding. Tunnel engineering professor Arnold Dix says rocks the size of cars are blocking the route, making the operation unlike any rescue he has seen. Crews have located the entrance, set up drainage and are using explosives to clear the boulders.

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