Reports say rescuers on Friday, 4th September, 2026, pulled two survivors from a tunnel at a hydropower project in Nepal, more than a week after a deadly flood ravaged the Himalayan nation.

Cheers erupted as Nepali Army personnel in hard hats lifted one of the men to the surface, an unlikely rescue that prompted hope that others could be saved from the damaged Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project.

More than 40 other workers were thought to be inside the tunnel, according to two people briefed on the rescue operations, including a senior Army officer, though it was not clear how many were still alive.

The devastating floods swept through, was a rare piece of hopeful news amid the growing numbers of dead and missing.

The first 48 to 72 hours after natural disasters are typically a critical window for finding survivors.

In Nepal, the disaster left many miles of roads unusable and hindered communications, making it harder to find people.

Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha, the head of the Nepal Electricity Authority, which operates Trishuli 3A, said that the body of a third man, a mechanical engineer, had been recovered at the hydropower plant on Friday along with the two survivors.

Speaking at the Army hospital where the survivors were being treated, Shrestha said doctors had told him that they “are both stable and have normal health parameters.”

Both were suffering symptoms of trench foot, he said.