Nepalese army, armed police and rescue personnel rescued two stranded engineers inside the tunnel of the Upper Chhuksikhola 3A hydropower plant; the two were subsequently taken to a hospital in Kathmandu.
5 Chinese who had originally been scattered across different locations spent the night together in a cowshed on a mountain, were rescued by helicopter the next day, and were subsequently taken back to Kathmandu by a reporter.
On May 27, 2026, Nepal and the Chinese side held talks in Kathmandu to discuss cooperation on flood, weather, and glacial disaster monitoring; after the meeting, Nepali officials said they had not obtained the Tibetan-side glacier risk and water level data they wanted.