Rescuers in Nepal found two survivors in a tunnel.
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Multiple tier1 and tier2 outlets (Reuters, AP, BBC, NYT) report that rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project on September 4, 2026, nine days after floods. The claim matches the post's headline and the extraction does not add anything the passage lacks.
What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that rescuers pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after a glacier collapse triggered floods.[1]
Supports. AP reports that rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant on Friday, citing officials.[2]
Supports. BBC reports that rescuers found and pulled out two survivors, Sanjaya Shah and Kabir Maharjan, alive from the blocked Trishuli 3A tunnel.[3]
Supports. NYT reports that rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel at a hydropower project in Nepal, more than a week after a deadly flood.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2
- 1Scenes from Nepal: Survivors pulled from flooded tunnel as death ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Rescuers pull 2 trapped workers from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floodsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3How Nepal flood survivors were rescued from tunnelbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 42 Trapped Workers Are Rescued After 9 Days in Nepal ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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