Rescuers use ziplines to transport trapped citizens after devastating Nepal floods decimate country’s bridges

Rescue workers in Nepal were forced to use cable cars and ziplines to ferry stranded citizens across rivers after August’s deadly flood and mudslide wiped out local bridges.

Video shows teams of workers yanking ropes to ferry locals who were stranded on an embankment flanked by a flooded river.In one clip, a pair of people sit in a small box attached to a wire as they’re yanked onto a platform across a river in Nuwakot, Nepal.

The rescues come as both Nepal and neighboring China continue to deal with the aftermath of the Aug.26 mudslide and ensuing floods in Tibet’s Gyirong Valley and the Nepal’s Trishuli River Valley.

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As of Wednesday, at least 1,114 people have been confirmed dead and nearly 4,000 remain missing in Nepal.Chinese authorities report an additional 16 confirmed dead and at least 541 missing on their side of the border.

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Nepal army soldiers work during a search and rescue operation outside a tunnel near the Hydropower Project sites, following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Rasuwa district, Nepal, in this handout obtained by Reuters on Sept.2, 2026.(Nepal Army/Handout via REUTERS)

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Rescuers are still working to search and rescue any potential survivorstrapped in a hydropower tunnelin the Rasuwa district.

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“In Rasuwagadhi, we think 46 people are trapped in a room-like structure in the tunnel,” Amshu Kiran Shahi, a board member of the Nepal Electricity Authority that operates the hydropower plant, told Reuters.

Nepal army soldiers work during a search and rescue operation at the entrance of a tunnel near the Hydropower Project sites, following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Rasuwa district, Nepal, in this handout image on Sept.2, 2026.(Nepal Army/Handout via REUTERS)

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Seventy-five Americans inNepalcurrently remain unaccounted for while no American casualties have been reported so far.

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A drone view shows damaged buildings and houses covered in mud next to the Likhu River following deadly flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Aug.30, 2026.(REUTERS)

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� Gillian Turner and Reuters contributed to this report.