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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kanis Leung

‘I had lost hope’: Chinese survivor recalls moment of rescue from hydropower tunnel in Nepal

After days of waiting anxiously, Lu Haitao's family could finally breathe a sigh of relief when the Chinese man was rescued from a tunnel in Nepal where devastating floods killed more than 1,300 people.

Rescuers carried out Mr Lu from a 225m (740ft) hydropower tunnel and evacuated him by helicopter Saturday, 10 days after the floods.

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