Kristi Lu Stout: ‘At Least 750 People Are Dead, 3,000 People Are Missing’ as Rescue Efforts Continue in Nepal

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STOUT: "Is immense devastation and loss. Search operations have resumed in the disaster zone, and authorities are struggling. They are struggling to reach remote areas, including tunnels under hydroelectric projects where scores of workers remain missing. They are struggling through very difficult conditions like rain and fog, and they‘re also struggling with the sheer scale of it all. At least 750 people are dead, 3000 people are missing. Among the missing, 900 hydroelectric workers. And right now, we know that rescuers are urgently pumping air into a tunnel under a hydropower plant where those workers are missing. And the hope here, the plan here is to drill a manhole to send rescue teams there, to look for the missing and to find any survivors. Late on Saturday night, we heard a statement from nepalese official. According to nepal‘s minister of energy, water resources and irrigation. Let‘s bring up the statement for you.”