KATHMANDU — Devastating flash floods across Nepal have claimed at least 469 lives, triggering intense domestic emergency operations amid widespread destruction.

On Friday, Nepali army helicopter units mobilized to extract approximately 100 workers trapped inside a hydropower project tunnel submerged by torrential waters.

Despite the escalating catastrophe, Nepal's Foreign Ministry confirmed the country currently requires no foreign rescue aid, expressing full confidence in its domestic forces to handle ongoing relief missions.