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World Service,18 Sep 2026,49 mins

Nepal survivor describes days stuck in tunnel

Newsday

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The flash floods which hit the Nepal-Tibet border region last month brought instant devastation and wrecked havoc, as water and rocks stormed down the river valleys. It wiped out houses and destroyed infrastructure, killing 1,400 people. 6,000 still remain unaccounted for. Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman was trapped in a tunnel for nine days and tells us how he survived and of his eventual rescue. Following days of fighting in Yemen the United Nations say 100,000 have been forced from their homes. And after a week of stark warnings about the future potential of Artificial Intelligence we ask how worried should we be about the technology. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo: Well-wishers and family members cheer as Sanjay Sah, a survivor pulled out alive after spending nine days trapped in a hydropower station tunnel following flash floods and a mudslide in Nepal-Tibet border. Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters).

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