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Two rescued from hydropower tunnel in Nepal

The hydropower workers were trapped in the tunnel nine days ago when a flash flood hit the Tibet-Nepal border.

Hope and expectation in Nepal as two hydropower workers are pulled out of a tunnel alive nine days after a devastating flash flood at the Nepal-China border. We'll bring you the latest from the rescue site.

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Presenters: Rob Young and Anne Soy.

(Photo: Sanjay Sah, a survivor rescued from a tunnel of the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project Nepal. Credit: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters).

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