Nepal's Heroic Rescue Efforts Save Over 13,300 Amid Devastating Glacier-Caused Floods
September 6, 2026
Rescue workers from the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, and Armed Police Force have saved more than 13,300 people, using land routes, helicopters, and other methods in a broad, coordinated effort.
Security forces are conducting round-the-clock operations to manage recovered bodies with sensitivity, curb disease spread, and support flood-affected camp residents.
Rescue teams from India, China, South Korea, and the United States are assisting in debris clearance, searches through damaged structures, and tunnel work at hydropower sites.
Nepal’s disaster management agency says the floods were caused by a glacier collapse.
Official reports continue to document helicopter evacuations, on-site medics, and rescues, including CCTV footage of a rescuer pulling a man from a tunnel.
The floods on August 26 left at least 1,300 people dead and over 5,000 missing, with authorities maintaining large-scale rescue operations.
Prime Minister Shah expressed gratitude to families of personnel and to expert supporters at home and abroad for their crisis-management efforts.
In Nuwakot town, a woman was rescued alive from a damaged house and airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
Rescue infrastructure includes Bailey bridges, road clearance, Acro bridges, drone surveillance, canine units, and aerial support to aid movement and rescues.
Rescuers recovered a Chinese man and a woman ten days after the floods, bringing the number of survivors from the Trishuli hydropower project to three.
Disaster response bases and field command posts have been established to coordinate search, rescue, relief distribution, hospitalizations, and public safety.
A man rescued from a 225-meter hydropower tunnel was evacuated by helicopter for medical assessment and remains in stable condition.
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Arizona's Family • Sep 5, 2026
Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods