Hundreds reportedly TRAPPED inside hydropower tunnels in Nepal

♪. ♪. RICH: AUTO DESTRUCTION OF THE. BORDER AND NEPAL IN CHINA FOR. THE RACE IS INTENSIFYING RIGHT. NOW TO HELP THOSE DEVASTATED BY. THIS WEEK'S MASSIVE FLOODING BUT. HELLO EVERYONE I'M RICH EDSON IN. WASHINGTON AND THIS IS "FOX NEWS. LIVE.". THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING. DOZENS OF AMERICANS ARE STILL. MISSING AT THIS VERY MOMENT PIT. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS SIFTED. THROUGH THE MUD, DEBRIS AND. RISING FLOODWATERS LOOKING FOR. THEM BUT WE ARE TOLD AT LEAST.

800 ARE DEAD. WITH THE DEATH TOLD EXPECTED TO. RISE BUT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE. INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS ARE. DELIVERING SUPPLIES. IN A MOMENT WE'LL TALK TO THE. EYE FRC HEAD DELEGATION AND. NEPAL ABOUT THE RELIEF EFFORTS. BUT FIRST LET'S GO TO STEPHANIE. BENNETT SHEET HAS THE LATEST IN. A CATASTROPHIC FLOODING. >> AND FAMILIES ARE ANXIOUSLY. WAITING FOR ANY NEWS ABOUT THEIR. LOVED ONES. THIS A TRAGEDY THOUSANDS ACROSS. CHINA AND NEPAL BUT TO ALSO.

ACROSS THE WORLD WAITING TO HEAR. FROM THEM. THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. AND MORE DIRE BY THE MINUTE. IT'S GETTING VERY COMPLICATED AS. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO FALL. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOOTAGE THAT. WAS JUST TAKEN A FEW HOURS AGO. SWELLING OF THE RIVERS AND LAKES. FURTHER UPSTREAM. CHINESE AUTHORITIES ALSO SET. ANOTHER LAKE WAS ALSO CREATED. TODAY. THIS RISING WATER LEVELS ARE. FORCING CREWS TO COMPLETELY STOP. RESCUE OPERATIONS AT TIMES AS. THEY WAIT FOR BETTER CONDITIONS. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE SET TO.

RESIDENT'S PHONES EARLIER TODAY. TELLING THEM TO GET TO HIGHER. GROUND. >> IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT. I WAS 72-YEAR-OLD FATHER AND A. 7-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. I AM CARING FOR THEM FOR IT IS. GOING ON LIKE THIS FOR THOSE. THAT ARE STILL ALIVE. THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO. RISE. OFFICIAL SITE 16 PEOPLE WERE. KILLED IN TIBET AND NOW AT LEAST. 788 WERE KILLED AND NEPAL. MORE THAN 3000 REMAINED MISSING. INCLUDING A 90 AMERICANS. MANY OF THE MISSING WERE IN THE. REGION TO WORK, VISIT THE. MOUNTAINS OR MAKE A PILGRIMAGE. TO A SACRED PEAK AND HUNDREDS.

ARE BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED. INSIDE TUNNELS AT A HYDROPOWER. PROJECT IN NEPAL. CREWS LOWERING THEMSELVES DOWN. TO THE TUNNELS ENTRANCE AS YOU. CAN SEE. CREWS ARE TRYING TO REACH THEM. ANYWAY POSSIBLE TODAY. MORE THAN 90000 PEOPLE BEEN. AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER. ACCORDING TO THE RED CROSS. SCIENTISTS A WEDNESDAYS FLASH. FLOOD WAS TRIGGERED BY A GLACIER. COLLAPSE THAT STRUCK WITH A 5.3. MAGNITUDE. SENDING STORIES HIGH WAVES OF. ROCK, ICE AND DEBRIS BARRELING. TO THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

>> NOTE CONNECTING ROADS TO OUR. VILLAGE WHERE THERE IS NO. ELECTRICITY AND MOBILE CHIP. PHONES CANNOT BE CHARGED BUT. RESIDENT AND NOW WE ARE HERE. HOPING TO FIND THEM DEADAD OR. ALIVE. >> IT IS MONSOON SEASON FOR THE. FORECAST IS SHOWING RAIN FOR. EVERY DAY THIS NEXT WEEK. BACK TO YOU. RICH: AT STEPHANIE BENNETT LIVE. FOR US, THANK YOU. FOR MORE ON THIS LET'S BRING IN. DAVID FISHER THE INTERNATIONAL. RED CROSS HEAD DELEGATION AND. NEPAL.

DAVID, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I KNOW YOU ARE EXTREMELY BUSY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES, YOU LOOK AT THAT ADDITIONAL. FLOODING HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO. EVEN ACCESS SOME OF THESE AREAS? >> WE STILL HAD UP A LOT OF. TROUBLE ACCESSING MANY OF THE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGES AND THE. ROWS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. THE MILITARY HAS BEEN FLYING IN.

ENORMOUS NUMBERS OF SORTIES FOR. RESCUES. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN. SOME BRIEF SUPPLIES. MANY MORE ARE NEEDED. AND ONLY TODAY ONE ROAD HAS BEEN. OPEN BUT IT IS EXTREMELY NARROW. AND IT CAN ONLY HANDLE SMALL. SMALL VEHICLES. AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ROAD NOW. HARDLY FINISHED. OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT. INTO AFTER OVER 10 AIR HOURS A.

VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING. IT IS A HUGE ADVANCE WE ARE ABLE. TO MAKE CONTACT WE LOOK FORWARD. TO BRING RELIEF SUPPLIES IN. THERE EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE BY Y. LITTLE. RICH: YOU ALSO HAVE THIS MASSIVE. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION ON. GOING THERE. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THERE IS. ALSO A NEED TO SHELTER PEOPLE. THERE IS A NEED FOR FOOD AND. WATER, RIGHT? >> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. WE ARE PROVIDING SHELTER SUPPORT.

AND COOPERATION WITH THE. AUTHORITIES TO THE SOUTH. AND AROUND THE CITY. SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE TAKING. SHELTER THERE HAVE WALKED ALL. THE WAY DOWN FROM THE HILLS. BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE. IMPASSABLE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE I MET WHEN I. WAS THERE YESTERDAY ESESCAPED WH. NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON THEIR. BACK BUT WE MET MANY CHILDREN. WHOSE ENTIRE FAMILIES HAD BEEN. KILLED BUT OLDER PEOPLE WHO WERE.

TRAPPED INTO THE MUD BEFORE THEY. WERE RESCUED. THEY ARE STILL IN A VERY. DIFFICULT SITUATION PROVIDING. BASIC SUPPORT AND SUPPLIES. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP. THEM TO RECOVER. RICH: IF YOU ARE A FAMILY MEMBER. OF SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE MISSING, IT IS THE HOPE STILL THAT IT SO. DIFFICULT TO REACH THIS AREA. STILL THAT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER. COULD VERY WELL BE ALIVE AND IN. NEED OF ASSISTANCE? IT IS JUST THAT INFORMATION IS. NOT GOTTEN OUT?

>> THERE IS STILL HOPE. THESE CELL PHONE COVERAGE IS. STILL VERY POOR. THE ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN CUT. IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE PEOPLE. SIMPLY CANNOT. BUT IN SOME PLACES THERE IS. COVERAGE. SOME FAMILIES ARE BEING ABLE TO. CONNECT. IT IS DEFINITELY TOO EARLY TO. GIVE UP HOPE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE BEEN. MANY, MANY CONFIRMED DEATHS.

THE AUTHORITIES ARE KEEPING. UPDATED LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE. BEEN RESCUED UP ON THEIR WEBPAGE. AT THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS. I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND PEOPLE. WATCH FOR THAT. RICH: WHAT IS THE MOST URGENTLY. NEEDED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL. COMMUNITY? >> WE PUT OUT UP REQUEST FOR. GLOBAL SOLIDARITY. THE NEPAL RED CROSS WORK FOR. THEIR VOLUNTEERS ON THE GROUND. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY. FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

WORKING DAY AND NIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A. NUMBER OF RELIEF ITEMSMS THEY. ALREADY HAD STOCKED IN THEIR. WAREHOUSES HERE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO A. LOT BETTER THAN THAT. PARTICULARLY ILL BE TIME SOON TO. STOP TRYING TO HAND OUT JUST. KIDS AND BLANKETS AND TO PROVIDE. PEOPLE WITH SOME MONEY SO THEY. CAN BUY WHAT THEY NEED. THEMSELVES. MOST OF THESE PLACES THERE ARE. MARKETS AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN. AFFECTED AND PEOPLE CAN FIND. THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS.

BUT FOR THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY. WHO IS THE MOST AT RISK? AND TO HAVE CLEAR ACCESS TO THEM. AND WE WILL NEED RESOURCES FOR. THEM. RICH: DAVID FISHER WITH THE IFRC. PRINT THANK.