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Senior police officers and disaster management officials told TOI that, outside tunnels

Death toll from the Aug 26 Himalayan flood rose to 1,066 across Nepal and Tibet [...]

Dix, advising Nepal govt on rescue efforts at Trishuli 3A hydropower project, told TOI Tuesday

Arnold Dix said the disaster was unlike a conventional tunnel rescue

the tick had turned into two blue ones – the family’s first real sign of hope — Then, on Aug

A change in message-delivery status or a last tower ping became a potential clue to [...]

Police drone in Nepal spotted a body in buried building, rescuers find 23 more

Some bodies lay half-buried in hardened silt and had to be chiselled out with spades [...]

2015 quake drove Haku families to flood-hit Trishuli banks: result: The wider industry impact

many of the same families were displaced once again

Indian team starts DNA analysis, drones deployed as teams tackle tunnel challenge — Nepal floods

Tunnel rescue bring a challenge

By August 28 the lake had overflowed, forcing Nepal to halt: The wider industry impact

Once the initial flood had passed, debris left behind by the avalanche blocked river channels [...]

When the students were preparing to attend the PT or the assembly: The wider industry impact

A school bag is full of mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at [...]

Nepal flash floods death toll crosses 1,000; thousands still missing

The death toll from the catastrophic floods that devastated Nepal and China has crossed 1,000, [...]

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“The team, equipped with searchlights and drones, reached the end of the 250m-deep tunnel

File photo: Nepal Army rescue team navigate through the dark, waterlogged tunnel of the Rasuwa [...]