Nepal: Tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and drone
South Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.
TL;DR
- Rescuers are still searching for survivors eight days after flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
- The focus is on tunnels along Nepal's Trishuli River, where survivors are thought to be trapped.
- A "glacial collapse" in the Himalayas triggered the floods, causing debris to sweep through roads and villages.
- At least 1,200 people have died, and thousands more are missing.
- BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri visited one of the tunnel sites.