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The race against time to rescue more than 600 workers trapped in tunnels after avalanche in Nepal and TibetPhoto by pedro furtado on Pexels
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The race against time to rescue more than 600 workers trapped in tunnels after avalanche in Nepal and Tibet

BBC News Brasil31 August 2026 at 17:50

More than 600 workers are trapped in tunnels after an avalanche in Nepal and Tibet. Rescue teams initiated operations using controlled explosions to try to free the underground galleries where the region's hydroelectric power plant workers may be buried. According to Nepalese authorities, the operation represents a race against time to locate and save the trapped workers.

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