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Drones help find missing people after the flood in Nepal. But searching inside the hydropower tunnel is hard.

Drones help find missing people after the flood in Nepal. But searching inside the hydropower tunnel is hard.

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September 1st, 2026

Drones help find missing people after the flood in Nepal. But searching inside the hydropower tunnel is hard.

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A drone pilot, Manish Maharjan, has helped find people missing in the floods in Nepal.

ドローンパイロットのマニッシュ・マハルジャン氏はネパールの洪水で行方不明になった人々を探す手伝いをしてきました

He used a speaker to call out to people stuck on the hillside.

彼はスピーカーを使って丘の中腹に取り残された人々に呼びかけました

He also played music.

また音楽も流しました

This way worked in some cases.

この方法はいくつかのケースで効果がありました

It helped find where the people were.

人々の場所を見つけるのに役立ちました

But now, the main rescue work is to find workers. They are trapped inside a tunnel at a hydroelectric plant.

しかし今の救助活動の中心は、水力発電所のトンネルの中に閉じ込められた労働者を探すことです。

Mr. Maharjan said the tunnel is completely full of mud.

マハルジャン氏はトンネルは泥で完全に満たされていると言いました

Inside, there were no empty spaces or gaps.

中には空洞空きスペースありませんでした

He joined the Nepali army's rescue work the day after the flash flood on August 26.

彼は8月26日の鉄砲水の翌日からネパール軍の救助活動に参加しています

In this flood, more than 1,000 people died in Nepal and Tibet.

この洪水ではネパールとチベットで1,000人以上が亡くなりました

Thousands of people are still missing.

数千人がまだ行方不明です。

At least 900 workers are missing at 12 hydropower projects.

少なくとも900人の労働者が12の水力発電プロジェクトで行方不明です

These projects were buried in mud and rubble.

これらのプロジェクトは泥とがれきに埋もれました

About 500 of them are thought to be trapped in tunnels.

そのうち約500人はトンネル内に閉じ込められているとみられます

Mohan Kumar Dangi is the head of the independent power producers' group. He says some workers could call for help when the disaster hit.

独立発電事業者協会の会長モハン・クマール・ダンギ氏によると災害が起きたとき一部の労働者は助けを求めて電話をかけられました

But it is not clear if rescue teams could reach them after that.

しかしその後救助隊が彼らと連絡を取れたかは不明です

Mr. Maharjan has used thermal drones inside the tunnel.

マハルジャン氏はトンネル内でサーモドローンを使ってきました

But he said the search is hard. It is difficult to get there, and there is no open space.

しかしアクセスが難しく空きスペースがないため捜索は難しいと言いました

According to him, drones can fly only in long and straight tunnels.

彼によるとドローンを飛ばせるのは長くてまっすぐなトンネルだけです。

On Monday, he sent a drone to the end of the tunnel. It was at the Rasuwagadhi hydropower project.

月曜日にラスワガディ水力発電プロジェクトでドローンをトンネルの端まで送りました

But no signs of life were found.

しかし生命の兆候は見つかりませんでした

He said he saw it filled with mud and debris. He could only imagine the power of the flood.

彼は泥とがれきで満たされた様子を見て洪水の力を想像するしかなかったと言いました。

September 1st, 2026

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