Two workers were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after an ice, rock, and mud slide swept through a valley in Nepal, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing tens of thousands. ^[1] More than 4,000 people are still listed as missing, and over 1,200 have died in the disaster caused by glacial lake outbursts. ^[2] Two people were rescued from a tunnel connected to the Upper Trishuli 3A hydroelectric plant on Friday, nine days after catastrophic floods hit Nepal. ^[3] Two workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were pulled out alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station on September 4, 2026. ^[4] Two workers were rescued alive on September 4, 2026, after being trapped for nine days in the Upper Trishuli 3A hydroelectric tunnel in Nepal. ^[5] The glacial collapse near the border with Tibet caused sudden floods that have left more than 1,325 people dead and nearly 5,600 missing. ^[6] Officials and rescue workers believe the August 26 collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the Trishuli River trapped at least 900 people in tunnels related to six hydropower projects along the river. ^[7] More than 500 engineers and other experts gathered in a WhatsApp group to assist rescue teams by exchanging drawings of hydroelectric plants and tunnels. ^[8] Rescue teams located the survivors approximately 558 feet inside the tunnel where they had been isolated since the disaster on August 26. ^[9] Nepalese authorities reported that 1,252 bodies have been found and 4,216 people remain missing due to the flash floods. ^[10] Rescue teams heard human voices from inside the tunnel, which triggered an intensive rescue operation in difficult terrain. ^[11] Nepalese authorities reported more than 1,200 deaths and thousands of missing people in the broader disaster, while Chinese authorities reported additional deaths and missing people in Tibet. ^[12]