
Rescue teams are working to reach more than 900 missing hydropower workers, hundreds of whom(其中数百人) are feared(恐怕,担心) trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of 12 hydropower projects in Nepal after the devastating(毁灭性的) flash floods, the country’s disaster management authority(当局,官方) has said.
尼泊尔灾害管理部门表示,救援队正在努力寻找900多名失踪的水电工人,其中数百人恐怕被困在尼泊尔12个水电项目的隧道和地下区域。此前该地区刚刚遭受了毁灭性的山洪暴发。
The death toll(死亡人数) from the unprecedented(史无前例的) deluge(大洪水,暴雨) of ice, rock, mud and debris(碎片,残骸) on Wednesday last week has risen to 939 people, with 16 more dead reported in Tibet. More than 4,400 are missing on the two sides of the border.
上周三发生的冰、岩石、泥浆和碎屑组成的史无前例的洪灾,死亡人数已升至939人,西藏方面又报告16人死亡。边境两侧共有4400多人失踪。
About 500 of the missing hydropower workers at projects damaged by the flooding in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts(地区,行政区) are thought to be(被认为) trapped(被困的) in tunnels built to control(为控制…而建) the flow of water.
在尼泊尔拉苏瓦区和努瓦科特区,受洪水破坏的水电项目中,约有500名失踪水电工人被认为被困在用于控制水流的隧道中。