Two people rescued from Nepal hydropower tunnel more than a week after flash flood

Two people rescued alive nine days after Nepal flash floodpublished at 04:47 BST

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Two people have been rescued alive from the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in Nepal nine days after a flash flood that killed more than 1,200 people.

Teams are still working to rescue more people said to be trapped inside.

Suresh Raut, a senior official of the Nepal Electricity Authority who was at the rescue site, told the BBC that rescuers are providing oxygen to the rescued person, who authorities named as Sanjaya Shah.

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