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Updated – September 04, 2026 01:18 pm IST – KATHMANDU
Rescue team members work to enter the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station as they search for survivors and retrieve bodies in Rasuwa, Nepal
| Photo Credit: Reuters
An army of experts in a WhatsApp group is guiding rescue workers scouring a Nepali valley after a massive flash flood more than a week ago, as they desperately search for anyone who may still be alive inside the tunnels of devastated hydropower plants.
The messaging group was set up by engineers before the wall of water, mud and rock crashed down the Trishuli valley in Nepal on August 26. It has since become a valuable tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the race to find survivors.
The authorities hope some of the about 900 people reported missing from six hydropower plants — at least three of which were under construction — may have escaped the deluge because they worked in or fled into the tunnels.
