Nepal Rescuers Use Ziplines to Rescue Stranded Citizens After Floods

Rescue crews in Nepal had no choice but to rig cable cars and ziplines to move stranded citizens across swollen rivers after last month's devastating flood and mudslide obliterated the local bridges. Footage captures teams hauling ropes to ferry people stuck on an embankment next to a raging river. In one clip, two individuals sit inside a tiny box attached to a wire as workers yank them onto a platform in Nuwakot.

These desperate efforts unfold while both Nepal and neighboring China struggle with the fallout from the August 26 mudslide that swept through Tibet's Gyirong Valley and the Trishuli River Valley in Nepal. Experts are now focused on pinpointing the likely cause of this deadly disaster. 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.

Rescuers are still searching for any potential survivors trapped inside a hydropower tunnel in the Rasuwa district. "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. This rescue mission is critical because roughly 80 Americans remain unaccounted for after the Himalayan disaster killed 903 people, officials say. No American casualties have been reported so far. A senior official in President Donald Trump's administration also told Fox News that an additional two Americans made it to safety in Nepal, marking 16 total Americans in the country who escaped the chaos.

Seventy-five Americans in Nepal currently remain unaccounted for while no American casualties have been reported so far. The situation remains precarious as communities face the potential impact of limited access and the sheer scale of the destruction. Fox News Digital contacted the U.S. State Department and Nepal's Foreign Ministry for further comment. Gillian Turner from Fox News and Reuters contributed to this report.