Newlywed Pramod Poudel flies to Nepal to find wife Sumitra after her final words 'I love you so much'
Rescuers were forced to halt pumping air to more than 100 workers trapped at the Trishuli 3A hydropower site after heavy overnight rainfall inundated the excavation area.China's reconstruction efforts on its side of the border underscore the cross-border scale of the disaster, with Nepal's home minister Sudan Gurung confirming air is now being pumped to workers trapped underground.
Pramod Poudel, 34, from Uckfield, East Sussex, flew to Nepal on Friday after losing contact with his 25-year-old wife Sumitra along with his mother, brother and uncle when their village of Sole was destroyed. The couple married in June; she was staying with his family when the glacier collapsed on Wednesday. China has now confirmed 15 British citizens are among 261 foreign nationals missing in Tibet, bringing the total number of Britons unaccounted for to 48. A crisis response team has been sent to Kathmandu by the UK, which has also pledged £5 million in humanitarian aid.
