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Search continues: around 600 hydroelectric workers still missing in Nepal

TVI Notícias31 August 2026 at 20:41

The search continues in Nepal after a natural disaster affected the region. Around 600 hydroelectric power plant workers remain missing after the event.

The situation is considered dramatic, with hundreds of workers trapped in tunnels of hydroelectric facilities in the area hit by the disaster.

Foreign experts have begun arriving in the country to reinforce the rescue efforts that are still underway in the affected zones.

The rescue operations continue to face significant challenges due to the severity of the damage to the hydroelectric plants' infrastructure.

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