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Engineers use WhatsApp group to guide Nepal tunnel rescues after flash flood
Engineers are using a WhatsApp group to coordinate rescue efforts in Nepal's Trishuli valley after an August 26 flash flood devastated hydropower plants. Nearly 900 people are reported missing, and two workers have been brought out alive from a tunnel.
Rescuers in Nepal are using a WhatsApp group set up by engineers to guide efforts to find missing workers after a massive flash flood struck the Trishuli valley on August 26. The flood sent water, mud and rock through the area, damaging multiple hydropower plants, at least three of which were under construction.
The messaging group, created before the disaster, has become a key tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the search. Authorities hope some of the roughly 900 people reported missing may have survived by staying inside or fleeing into tunnels.
In the first confirmed success, two people were brought out alive from a tunnel, according to rescue officials. The search continues for others who may still be trapped.
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Engineers use WhatsApp group to guide Nepal tunnel rescues after flash flood
Engineers are using a WhatsApp group to coordinate rescue efforts in Nepal's Trishuli valley after an August 26 flash flood devastated hydropower plants. Nearly 900 people are reported missing, and two workers have been brought out alive from a tunnel.
Rescuers in Nepal are using a WhatsApp group set up by engineers to guide efforts to find missing workers after a massive flash flood struck the Trishuli valley on August 26. The flood sent water, mud and rock through the area, damaging multiple hydropower plants, at least three of which were under construction.
The messaging group, created before the disaster, has become a key tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the search. Authorities hope some of the roughly 900 people reported missing may have survived by staying inside or fleeing into tunnels.
In the first confirmed success, two people were brought out alive from a tunnel, according to rescue officials. The search continues for others who may still be trapped.
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