Nepalese
rescue teams, with support from Indian and Chinese experts, struggled to save
hundreds of workers trapped inside blocked hydropower project tunnels.
The
devastating Himalayan flood, which originated at the Nepal-Tibet border on 26
August, swept through valley towns and villages, leaving behind a trail of
catastrophic destruction on both sides of the frontier. Officials attribute the
unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud, and debris to a sudden glacier collapse.
National
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