India, Sept. 7 -- Australian tunnel expert Arnold Dix, who played a key role in rescuing 41 workers from the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in 2023, is drawing on that experience as he leads a complex search-and-rescue operation in Nepal - where massive flash floods on August 26 left a devastating trail.

In a post on X on Monday, Dix said he is facing something he has never faced before. "Right now, in Nepal, we are facing something I have never faced before."

"Not one rescue - but multiple potential rescues, unfolding at the same time, in different places, each with its own dangers, uncertainties and lives that may still be saved."

At least 1,380 people have been killed and more than 5,500 are missing, as of September 7, in the aftermath of a...