2 more rescued from debris in Nepal 10 days after devastating floods
The rescue brings the total to three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel, after two other workers were freed a day before.
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The rescue brings the total to three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel, after two other workers were freed a day before.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel as emergency teams continued efforts to reach others believed to be trapped and still alive inside.
For some Americans, a trip to Nepal has turned into an effort to get to safety. The death toll from Wednesday’s flash floods in the country and along the border with China has risen to at least 676, with around 3,000 people still missing. Two Americans told Wendy Gillette that they were almost caught in the flooding.
A California couple were in a Nepali village when an avalanche of powerful waters ripped down from the high Himalayas toward them.
Search and rescue efforts continue in Nepal, where hundreds of people including 90 Americans are among the missing after catastrophic flooding. CBS News has this report.
More than 1,000 people, including many Americans, are still missing along the Nepal-China border after deadly floods and mudflows likely triggered by a glacial collapse.
The deadly flash flood in Nepal was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists.
At least 65 Americans are among those dead or missing after flash floods struck along the Nepal-China border Thursday. CBS News has this report.
The flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants.
Climate change is thinning snow and ice on Mount Everest, exposing the bodies of hundreds of mountaineers who died chasing their dreams.
The climb by Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, a 40-year-old banker at Kenya Commercial Bank, had been closely followed in Kenya.
In his final letter before he vanished on Mount Everest, George Mallory said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were "50 to 1 against us."
A Michigan organization is working in Nepal to protect children vulnerable to discrimination and abuse.
A regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara, authorities said.
Dahlia Yehia graduated in 2011 from Kalamazoo College, where she studied art.
"Our staff over there have changed from leading comfortable trekking tours to serving as emergency aid workers..."
Robert Reedy was supposed to fly home to Colorado out of Nepal the day after the earthquake that devastated the country Saturday.
Detroit to Nepal was already working on previous damage when the earthquake hit.
