'Tough reality setting in' on Nepal flood rescue efforts

>> Sandra: A RACE TO REACH. HUNDREDS OF WORKERS FEARED. TRAPPED IN HYDROPOWERED TUNNELS. BURIED BY THE CATASTROPHIC. FLOODS ALONG NEPAL'S BORDER WITH. TIBET. OUR FORD CORRESPONDENT JEFF PAUL. REPORTING LIVE OUT OF LONDON. WITH AN UPDATE. >> A TOUGH REALITY STARTING TO. SET IN AS THE NUMBER OF. UNACCOUNTED FOR GROWS TO 4400. PEOPLE. MANY OF THE FAMILIES OF THE. MISSING KNOW THAT TIME MIGHT BE.

RUNNING OUT. AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS THIS. HUGE FOCUS ON THE HYDRO POWER. PLANTS THAT ARE BURIED IN MUD. AND DEBRIS. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE. THAN 900 WORKERS MISSING AND. SOME MIGHT BE TRAPPED INSIDE. AUTHORITIES IN NEPAL RIGHT NOW. ARE BLASTING INTO HILLSIDES AND. TRYING TO PUMP AIR INTO THOSE. TUNNELS. >> IT'S A HERCULEAN EFFORT TODAY. TO FIND THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE. TUNNEL. WE ARE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION. THERE ARE PEOPLE TRAPPED THERE.

>> COMPLICATING RESCUE EFFORTS, MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH. COULD MEAN MORE FLOODING AND. LANDSLIDES TO AREAS THAT ARE. ALREADY HARD HIT BY THAT VERY. WEATHER AND THAT'S THE WORST. POSSIBLE NEWS FOR FAMILIES OF. THE THOUSANDS WHO ARE STILL. MISSING INCLUDING ROUGHLY 85. AMERICANS. ONE WOMAN WHO IS MISSING BOTH OF. HER PARENTS WHO HAD JUST. TRAVELED FROM TEXAS TO NEPAL ON. A PILGRIMAGE SAYS SHE JUST WANTS. THEM HOME. >> MY PARENTS BECAME U.S. CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THE HOPE. THAT AMERICA CAN GIVE TO THE. WORLD AND WE HOPE THAT THIS.

GOVERNMENT CAN CONTINUE TO. PROVIDE AID TO NEPAL AND THE. LOVELY PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE IN. DIRE NEED OF HELP WHETHER THAT'S. FOR OUR PARENTS, THE OTHER. AMERICAN CITIZENS OR JUST THE. NEPALESE PEOPLE. WE HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE. >> SO FAR THE U.S. HAS PLEDGED. 3.6 MILLION IN AID FOR NEPAL AND. TIBET. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE. WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WITH. LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE. HIGHEST PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS TO. SUPPORT AMERIC.