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title: "Two men rescued after nine days trapped in Nepal flood tunnel"
description: "Most outlets led with the survival and rescue of two men who were trapped for nine days in a tunnel following floods in Nepal. Several also mentioned the broader context of the disaster, such as the glacier collapse and the large number of casualties and missing persons. Aaj News shifted focus to ongoing rescue efforts at multiple tunnels and the possibility of more workers still trapped, while others like Geo News and Dunya News included details about the hydropower project and the initial scale of the tragedy."
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# Two men rescued after nine days trapped in Nepal flood tunnel

world · updated 8 Sep 2026, 9:52 PM PKT · 8 Sep 2026 · 5 articles from 5 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 5 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the survival and rescue of two men who were trapped for nine days in a tunnel following floods in Nepal. Several also mentioned the broader context of the disaster, such as the glacier collapse and the large number of casualties and missing persons. Aaj News shifted focus to ongoing rescue efforts at multiple tunnels and the possibility of more workers still trapped, while others like Geo News and Dunya News included details about the hydropower project and the initial scale of the tragedy.

## Same story from 5 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Pakistan Today** — [Two workers rescued after nine days trapped in Nepal flood tunnel](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/08/two-workers-rescued-after-nine-days-trapped-in-nepal-flood-tunnel) · 8 Sep 2026, 9:52 PM PKT
  > The disaster killed more than 1,300 people and left thousands missing across Nepal and neighbouring Tibet, while several hydropower projects were submerged.
- **Aaj News (English)** — [Nepal rescue focused on workers trapped in three tunnels](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330471359/nepal-rescue-focused-on-workers-trapped-in-three-tunnels) · 8 Sep 2026, 11:39 AM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where ‌they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, authorities said on Tuesday, two weeks after a devastating flood killed hundreds and left thousands missing in the Himalayan country and in neighbouring China’s Tibet region. At least 11 hydropower projects were engulfed when ​a glacier collapsed into a river on the Nepal-C...
- **Dunya News** — [How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/971860-how-two-men-survived-nine-days-in-a-nepal-flood-tunnel) · 8 Sep 2026, 7:19 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Maharjan was one of hundreds of hydropower workers believed to have been buried when a glacier collapsed above Nepal's Trishuli valley on August 26.
- **Geo News** — [How two men survived nine days trapped inside a Nepal flood tunnel](https://www.geo.tv/latest/681103-how-two-men-survived-nine-days-trapped-inside-a-nepal-flood-tunnel) · 8 Sep 2026, 6:33 AM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Survivor Kabir Maharjan is carried by members of a search and rescue team after they rescued two people alive who had been trapped inside a tunnel at the Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project following devastating floods and mudslides that struck the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal, September 4,...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/how-two-men-survived-nine-days-in-a-nepal-flood-tunnel-3000580) · 8 Sep 2026, 6:04 AM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing

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5 articles from 5 outlets, 8 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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