Key facts
- Two survivors were rescued from a tunnel at Nepal's Trishuli River hydropower station.
- The rescue took place nine days after a glacier collapse.
- The glacier collapse resulted in over 1,300 deaths and more than 5,600 missing.
- The tunnel is part of a hydropower project.
Rescuers successfully extracted two survivors from a tunnel associated with Nepal's Trishuli River hydropower station on Friday. This operation occurred nine days after a significant glacier collapse unleashed a devastating flood of ice, rock, and mud, which claimed the lives of over 1,300 people and left more than 5,600 individuals unaccounted for. The article also references historical major tunnel and underground rescue operations, including incidents in India, Thailand, and Chile.