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Rescue teams in Nepal, with help from Chinese and Indian experts, are working to reach more than 900 workers trapped in hydropower tunnels after a catastrophic flash flood. The death toll has risen to 903, with over 4,200 people still missing, while officials race against time amid challenging conditions.
Nepali rescue teams resumed drilling into a hydropower tunnel to reach workers trapped after catastrophic flash floods caused by a glacial collapse killed at least 750 people and left thousands missing. The operation focuses on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites, with more than 100 workers believed alive. International aid and expert assistance from India and China have been mobilized as the death toll and number of missing continue to rise.
An Ecuadorian court sentenced former President Lenin Moreno to five years in prison for bribery tied to the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant, permanently barring him from public office. The ruling also convicted his wife, daughter, two brothers, and China's former ambassador to Ecuador, with Sinohydro allegedly paying over $76 million in bribes.
Ethiopia's revival of three Blue Nile hydropower projects—Karadobi, Mandaya, and Beko Abo—poses a new challenge for Egypt after its failure to stop the GERD. Experts say Egypt's leverage is limited and diplomacy, not confrontation, is the likely path forward.
At least 7 workers were killed and 13 injured when a landslide sent water and mud into a hydropower tunnel in Uttarakhand, northern India. Authorities are continuing a rescue operation for 3 missing workers.
