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Nepal rescuers drill into tunnels in bid to reach trapped workers
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“As the floodwaters have receded, the team has resumed efforts to locate the tunnel entrance using drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters and other equipment,” said a Nepal Army statement on Sunday. He said that Nepal’s finance minister estimated losses from the disaster at “more than $4bn”, while warnings remain in place over possible flooding along rivers in northern Nepal.
Nepal’s National Disaster Management Authority said on Sunday that 734 bodies had been recovered. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez, reporting from the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, said the government has requested specialist help from India and China to “fill gaps” in its rescue operations.
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- “As the floodwaters have receded, the team has resumed efforts to locate the tunnel entrance using drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters and other equipment,” said a Nepal Army statement on Sunday.
- Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez, reporting from the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, said the government has requested specialist help from India and China to “fill gaps” in its rescue operations.
- Nepal’s National Disaster Management Authority said on Sunday that 734 bodies had been recovered.
- He said that Nepal’s finance minister estimated losses from the disaster at “more than $4bn”, while warnings remain in place over possible flooding along rivers in northern Nepal.
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- Al Jazeeralink