Nepal-Tibet floods: rescuers work through night at hydropower tunnel as number of missing climbs to almost 3,000 – latest updates

Rescuers in Nepal are digging through thick mud that has filled a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa, working through the night to reach people believed trapped inside, The Guardian reports. The death toll from the flash floods has climbed to six hundred twenty-six, with seven more confirmed dead across the border in Tibet, and the number still missing has risen to almost three thousand.

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