Rescue operations continue tirelessly after the devastating flood of the Bhote Koshi river, in the Rasuwa district, in the Nepal area bordering Tibet. The rescue of those still trapped continues frantically, in operations where minutes can make the difference between life and death, in a natural disaster that has left hundreds dead and missing.
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The Nepalese Army has been deployed in the area along with more than 7,400 security personnel and helicopters from the Armed Forces, police forces, and the private sector, in a territory devastated by mud, debris, and corpses, in a situation where it is extremely difficult to locate living people under what the flood has left behind. The Army and Nepalese security forces rescued 123 people alive this Thursday who were trapped or cut off.
Most evacuations are being carried out by air means, such as helicopters, which facilitate the evacuation of people in a territory where it is almost impossible to travel by land. According to the latest data from the National Authority for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management of Nepal (NDRRMA), a military contingent transported 95 people by helicopter from Timure to Dhunche, the district capital.
Helicopters facilitate emergency operations due to their ability to hover over points where living people are located. The rest of the rescue operations rely on large ground machinery, the only means that allows crossing some of the affected areas.
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Among the missing are hundreds of tourists who were in the area. The Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, acknowledged this morning that there are four Spaniards unlocated in the area affected by the disaster.
According to the latest emergency authority reports, the flood has destroyed or damaged 35 vehicle bridges, 45 suspension bridges, and 40 kilometers of paved roads, complicating access to the devastated areas.
The sudden catastrophe of water, mud, and stones has also hit the energy sector of the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridor, where at least 12 hydroelectric projects have suffered severe damage that has disconnected more than 430 megawatts from the national power grid, further complicating communication among the rescue teams themselves.
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