At least 933 workers are believed to be trapped at around six hydropower projects in Nepal following last week's floods, the country's disaster management authority reported on Monday, August 31, 2026.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah described the situation as an "unimaginable and heartbreaking" disaster, with authorities struggling to assess the full scale of the catastrophe that has claimed hundreds of lives.
The enormous wave of ice, rocks, and debris that struck villages and towns on Wednesday, August 19, has resulted in at least 797 fatalities in both Nepal and Tibet, across the border in China.
