Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent
Sep 4, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 workers alive from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after floods devastated the region killing 300 people and leaving over 5,600 missing in Nepal and Tibet, new report from Reuters…
Jesse LentHost
Rescuers Nepal poll worker Kabir Maharjan alive from a hydropower tunnel earlier today.
Emergency personnel were also able to rescue Sanjay Sa from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A construction site today where the search for others is ongoing.
According to Reuters, Sa, who was lifted out of the tunnel on a worker's back, his face still caked in mud before army doctors fitted an oxygen mask and checked his vitals inside a rescue tent, described staying behind in a control room to help others escape after he urged colleagues to flee upon hearing news of the disaster.
I was in the control room, so my responsibility was to save everyone's lives, he said in a video recording shared by Nepali authorities.
adding, quote, Tsa told rescuers he spent his time over the nine days he was trapped in the tunnel reciting religious mantras.
He said he had been in contact with three or four more people in the tunnel, while others could still be alive deeper underground.
The heroic feat raises hopes that it may be possible to reach the other men believed to still be alive and trapped in the tunnel after catastrophic floods last week near the Nepal-China border believed to be caused by a glacier collapse devastated towns and swept away villages.
Nepalese lawmaker Sri Ram Nayapane posted on Facebook that rescuers first heard voices from inside the tunnel early this morning, which allowed them to locate the two men.
At least 557 workers are still missing from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project along the Trishuli River, with about 115 believed to be trapped in the tunnel, according to the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal.
An estimated 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.
At least 1,259 people in Nepal were killed in the August 26 floods, and more than 5,000 remain missing, according to the country's disaster management agency.
Chinese authorities said on Wednesday that 21 people were killed and 541 are still missing on the Tibet side of the border.
Rescuers Nepal poll worker Kabir Maharjan alive from a hydropower tunnel earlier today.
Emergency personnel were also able to rescue Sanjay Sa from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A construction site today where the search for others is ongoing.
According to Reuters, Sa, who was lifted out of the tunnel on a worker's back, his face still caked in mud before army doctors fitted an oxygen mask and checked his vitals inside a rescue tent, described staying behind in a control room to help others escape after he urged colleagues to flee upon hearing news of the disaster.
I was in the control room, so my responsibility was to save everyone's lives, he said in a video recording shared by Nepali authorities.
adding, quote, Tsa told rescuers he spent his time over the nine days he was trapped in the tunnel reciting religious mantras.
He said he had been in contact with three or four more people in the tunnel, while others could still be alive deeper underground.
The heroic feat raises hopes that it may be possible to reach the other men believed to still be alive and trapped in the tunnel after catastrophic floods last week near the Nepal-China border believed to be caused by a glacier collapse devastated towns and swept away villages.
Nepalese lawmaker Sri Ram Nayapane posted on Facebook that rescuers first heard voices from inside the tunnel early this morning, which allowed them to locate the two men.
At least 557 workers are still missing from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project along the Trishuli River, with about 115 believed to be trapped in the tunnel, according to the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal.
An estimated 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.
At least 1,259 people in Nepal were killed in the August 26 floods, and more than 5,000 remain missing, according to the country's disaster management agency.
Chinese authorities said on Wednesday that 21 people were killed and 541 are still missing on the Tibet side of the border.
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