A Chinese man, Lu Haitao, is rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal after the Aug. 26 floods and taken for medical care, bringing relief to his family in China following days of anxious waiting. Outlets report that rescuers located and extracted him from inside the tunnel where he was protected from the floodwaters.
Coverage adds details of the rescue operation and the broader disaster. One outlet reports Lu is carried out from a 225-meter hydropower tunnel and evacuated by helicopter, with CCTV saying he is in stable condition after being taken to a hospital. Another source frames the family’s reaction in terms of sustained uncertainty while search and rescue efforts continued. Several reports also place the event in the context of large-scale flooding in Nepal, with reported deaths and missing people, and note that officials in both Nepal and China cite glacier-related causes and casualties on the Tibet side of the border.
