# Nepal’s rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, stepped up efforts today to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels in the aftermath of the floods. It killed more than 900 people and nearly five-thousand are stil missing, carving a trail of destruction in the country’s valley towns and villages. Rescue teams are trying to reach the 933 workers believed to be trapped at 11 hydropower projects, including many who were working in about half a dozen tunnels, in the two hard-hit districts of Rasuwa and Nuwakot.
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods