Sanjay Shah was the first to be rescued and was taken to the Nepal Army barrack in Trishuli. Subsequently, another person, identified as Kabir Maharjan, was also rescued from the tunnel. They were rescued from a depth of 170 metres inside the tunnel confirmed Basnet.

Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said 324 foreign nationals had been rescued so far, while about 590 from 39 countries remained missing a week later.

By Gopal Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh, Ethan Wang and Liz Lee KATHMANDU/BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hopes of finding more survivors among thousands still missing in Nepal were fading on Wednesday, but authorities believed that dozens of workers trapped in the tunnels of hydropower projects hit by the Himalayan catastrophe could still be alive.

NUWAKOT, Nepal — Two days after waves nearly 30-feet high gushed down a river between Tibet and Nepal, wiping away communities for miles downstream, the death toll Saturday had risen to more than 670 people, according to the Associated Press.

China has ⁠fully ⁠reopened the only road leading to ⁠the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after sections were washed away ​by catastrophic flooding, allowing heavy machinery to reach the main disaster zone for the first time.

Dozens of workers had been inside the 2.5-mile-long tunnel leading to an underground powerhouse when a glacier collapsed, triggering the disaster.

While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.

Flash floods that struck the Himalayan border region ⁠of ⁠Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday ⁠have killed at least 165 people. Nearly 1,500 people including at least 800 foreigners ​are missing, authorities said on Thursday,

Nepal's Foreign Ministry said 324 foreign nationals have been rescued, while another 590 from 39 countries remain missing following the Aug. 26 floods that killed at least 1,118 people and left more than 3,