Two trapped workers rescued alive from tunnel in Nepal, officials say

A drone view shows a damaged residential building along the swollen Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)

Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a tunnel, nine days after deadly floods killed more than 1,000 people.

Nepal politician Shri Ram Neupane posted the rescue of one of the workers on his Facebook shortly after Nepal Army spokesperson Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet confirmed the first rescue during the operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel.

Officials said a medical team was checking on the earlier rescued worker at the site.

Local TV news channels showed images of the worker covered in mud and being carried from the site on a rescuer’s shoulder.

The rescue came nine days after the August 26 floods, which were likely caused by a glacier collapse and devastated towns and valleys in Nepal.

At least 1,259 people were killed and more than 5,000 remain missing, according to the country’s disaster management agency.

China, on Wednesday, said 21 people were killed and 541 were missing on the Tibet side of the border.

About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.