Rescue teams in Nepal are continuing their search for survivors in areas devastated by last month’s floods, despite harsh terrain and weather. The discovery of a Chinese national in a hydropower tunnel on Sep 5 encouraged rescuers, but mud, sludge and debris are still obstructing operations at damaged hydropower projects. A specialist Singaporean team is helping with the search.

CCNA2026-09-06 12:27

Nepali rescuers continued working in difficult conditions on Sunday as searches after the catastrophic floods entered their 12th day. The extraordinary rescue of four survivors provided encouragement, while the disaster also damaged infrastructure and roads.

FFrance 24 English2026-09-06 09:03

Two people were rescued 10 days after devastating floods hit Nepal. Rescuers are continuing to search the destruction for others who may have survived.

NNBC News2026-09-05 23:45

Two more people have been rescued alive in Nepal 10 days after devastating floods struck the country. Those found include a worker trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a woman discovered inside a damaged home, while more than 5,000 people remain missing.

CCBC News2026-09-05 20:25

Ten days after devastating floods struck Nepal, rescuers have renewed hopes of finding more survivors. A Chinese man was pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, a day after two other workers were rescued there. Nearly 900 workers remain missing across 12 projects, with about 500 thought trapped in tunnels.

GGlobal News2026-09-05 20:21

Two people have been rescued alive in Nepal after spending 10 days trapped beneath mud and debris from catastrophic flash floods. Army teams extracted a weak but conscious Chinese national from the Trishuli 1 hydroelectric plant, while police in Nuwakot saved 64-year-old Chandika Shrestha from the fourth floor of a partly submerged building.

AAl Jazeera English2026-09-05 20:15

A woman was found alive in a tunnel 10 days after a glacier collapse triggered flash flooding in Nepal. Rescue operations are continuing.

FFox News2026-09-05 20:00

Nepal’s government says severe flooding has created both a humanitarian and an economic crisis, damaging or destroying hydropower plants, roads, bridges and entire villages. Reconstruction could cost $5bn, while thousands remain missing and the economic toll grows. Survivors are calling for climate reparations rather than aid alone.

AAl Jazeera English2026-09-05 19:19

As the scale of Nepal’s floods emerges, attention is shifting to who will fund the damage. At least 12 hydropower facilities across two river basins were damaged, cutting more than 10 percent of the country’s generation capacity and affecting domestic electricity supplies as well as about $200m in annual export earnings.

AAl Jazeera English2026-09-05 19:00

A Chinese national was found alive and pulled from a tunnel in Nepal ten days after a wall of ice, rock and mud swept through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.

RReuters2026-09-05 18:28

Nine days after devastating flash floods hit Nepal’s Rasuwa district, the destruction around Syapru Besi is stark, with a waterline 50 metres above the river’s normal level. Renewed heavy rain is slowing rescue work, but teams continue searching, including near a tunnel in Rabici where the road and a hydropower station once stood.

AAl Jazeera English2026-09-05 18:00

Authorities in Nepal said a Chinese national was found alive in a tunnel on Saturday, 10 days after a torrent of ice, rock and mud swept through a Himalayan valley and killed more than 1,300 people.

FFrance 24 English2026-09-05 16:17

Nepalese rescuers pulled a Chinese man and a woman to safety in separate operations on Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country. Teams are still searching for thousands of people reported missing.

FFrance 24 English2026-09-05 15:11

Nepalese rescuers separately pulled a Chinese man and a woman to safety on Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods struck the country. Teams continued searching for thousands of people still missing.

TThe Associated Press2026-09-05 14:59

Ten days after devastating floods struck Nepal, search-and-rescue teams found and rescued a woman and a man alive in separate operations on Saturday. More than 5,000 people are still missing and at least 1,300 have died.

Eeuronews2026-09-05 14:17

Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman trapped for nine days in a tunnel connected to a hydropower station in Nepal, has been rescued. He said he urged others to flee but ran out of time to escape himself.

RReuters2026-09-05 13:33

The death toll from catastrophic floods in Tibet has risen from 21 to 31, while 531 people remain missing. China has organised a visit for a small group of foreign media, including CNA, to survey the disaster-hit area. Foreign reporting in Tibet requires permission and access has been restricted. The group left Beijing for Lhasa on Saturday.

CCNA2026-09-05 13:02

Hope of finding survivors has risen in disaster-hit Nepal after rescuers saved two more people 10 days after floods devastated areas along the Tibet border. The army said a Chinese national was brought out of a hydropower tunnel, while a woman was found alive inside a house in another badly affected town. About 900 workers remain missing at 12 hydropower projects, with roughly 500 believed trapped in tunnels. The death toll in Nepal and Tibet has surpassed 1,300.

CCNA2026-09-05 12:54

Rescuers in Nepal found a Chinese national alive inside a tunnel and a local woman in a partially submerged home on Saturday. Ten days after catastrophic flooding, emergency teams have intensified searches for thousands of people still missing.

FFrance 24 English2026-09-05 12:47

From a hospital in Kathmandu, Al Jazeera reports on people missing and affected by floods in Nepal. Residents express anger, viewing the disaster as a climate justice issue, while the government seeks billions of dollars in compensation to rebuild and house thousands displaced by the floods.

AAl Jazeera English2026-09-05 10:02

Flash floods on 26 August destroyed the homes, possessions and lives of thousands of people in Nepal within minutes. Authorities, NGOs and volunteers have since brought aid, but overcrowded temporary camps remain difficult places to live, leaving many survivors uncertain about what comes next. A temporary school-based camp in Rasuwa district is near the disaster’s epicentre.

FFrance 24 English2026-09-05 09:23

Children forced from their homes by flash floods are attending a temporary education centre in Nuwakot, as aid groups support communities devastated by the disaster. The UN estimates $158 million worth of buildings have been damaged, while Nepal warns reconstruction could cost billions.

FFrance 24 English2026-09-05 09:20

Two Nepalese workers rescued after spending 10 days trapped underground offer a glimmer of hope amid a devastating disaster. Thousands are still missing, while Nepal is seeking greater international support and climate compensation.

AAl Jazeera English2026-09-05 07:32

Flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed more than 1,200 people and left over 4,000 missing, while search and rescue efforts continue. The U.S. State Department says assistance is based on local needs and has raised emergency humanitarian aid for Nepal to $3.6 million. Water Mission has sent a five-member team to help restore safe water, sanitation and hygiene services.

VVOA Chinese2026-09-05 01:00