Summary More than a week after a flash flood buried tunnels at six hydropower plants in Nepal, rescue crews are still relying on an unusual resource. A group chat of engineers, originally set up for routine site coordination, has turned into one of the most important tools guiding the tunnel rescue in Nepal. This piece looks at how that group formed, why it matters, and what it says about disaster response in remote mountain terrain. Background Nepal’s hydropower sector runs largely through narrow Himalayan valleys, where rivers are diverted through…
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