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500 Engineers in a WhatsApp Group Guide Nepal's Search for 900 Missing Workers
An Aug. 26 flash flood in Nepal buried hydropower tunnels at six plants, leaving roughly 900 workers reported missing, according to CNA and The Japan Times.
South Korean Rescue Team Reaches Nepal Flood Site, Helicopter Search Finds No Trace of 9 Missing
South Korea's joint rapid response team left Kathmandu on the morning of August 31 and arrived at Dhunche, near the site of a massive flood in Nepal, to search for nine missing South Korean nationals, according to Kyunghyang Shinmun and SBS.
9 of 10 South Koreans Stranded by Nepal Floods Airlifted to Safety
South Korea's foreign ministry said on August 27 that nine of ten South Korean nationals stranded by major flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district have been evacuated by helicopter to a safe area.
Nepal-Tibet Floods: 160 Dead, Nearly 1,500 Missing After Glacier Collapse Mistaken for Quake
A chunk of glacier broke away at roughly 5,200 meters in the Himalayas on Wednesday, plunging about 1,200 meters onto the Lhende River and unleashing a flash flood that tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region, according to Al Jazeera and the Guardian.