Fresh flood warnings issued in Nepal as Everest veterans called in to join tunnel rescue mission

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"Heavy rainfall after around 2am caused the water level in the river to rise, and also fill in the excavation area," the Nepal Army said on Sunday morning, as the rescue operation entered its fifth day. The trapped workers are among 933 people employed at hydropower projects reported missing since Wednesday's flood, according to Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, with efforts also focused on the Trishuli 3B site.

The Nepal Electricity Authority said 11 hydropower stations and one solar power station, with a combined capacity of 431.1 megawatts, had stopped operating, representing about 10 per cent of the country's installed generating capacity.

Nepal's prime minster's office said that teams faced "continuous rainfall and difficult conditions" but had worked nonstop overnight "making tireless efforts to search for and rescue those who may be trapped. The combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing, authorities said on Sunday.

Residents in flood-hit villages said the repeated flood alerts were taking a toll of their own. Nepal's disaster agency put the toll in the country at 734, with 2,498 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Tibetan side of the border, including more than 100 Nepalis and people from over a dozen other countries.

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The combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing, authorities said on Sunday.
Nepal's disaster agency put the toll in the country at 734, with 2,498 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Tibetan side of the border, including more than 100 Nepalis and…
"Heavy rainfall after around 2am caused the water level in the river to rise, and also fill in the excavation area," the Nepal Army said on Sunday morning, as the rescue operation entered its fifth day.
The trapped workers are among 933 people employed at hydropower projects reported missing since Wednesday's flood, according to Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, with efforts also…
Nepal's prime minster's office said that teams faced "continuous rainfall and difficult conditions" but had worked nonstop overnight "making tireless efforts to search for and rescue those who may be trapped.
Residents in flood-hit villages said the repeated flood alerts were taking a toll of their own.
The Nepal Electricity Authority said 11 hydropower stations and one solar power station, with a combined capacity of 431.1 megawatts, had stopped operating, representing about 10 per cent of the country's installed…

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