More than 1,000 people have died and thousands remain missing after devastating floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border, according to the BBC. Relief efforts are intensifying and communities are relying on airlifted supplies. The Guardian reported that five Australians previously missing in the disaster have been found alive, though 38 Australian citizens were still unaccounted for.
BBC News – World Several missing Australians have been found since Tuesday morning, bringing the total citizens unaccounted for to 38 Australians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so far A total of five Australians missing after devastating floods ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border last week have been found. Of the five Australians confirmed safe, one was found in Nepal, one in Tibet, and three outside the crisis-hit area. The t…
Flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border have killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands missing. On 4 September rescuers pulled two workers alive from a flood-buried hydropower tunnel after nine days, while searches continued for hundreds more missing inside hydropower projects and communities relied on airlifted supplies.
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The confirmed death toll rose to more than 1,200, rescuers pulled two workers alive from a flood-buried hydropower tunnel after nine days, and five Australians previously reported missing were found alive.
BBC News – World Several missing Australians have been found since Tuesday morning, bringing the total citizens unaccounted for to 38 Australians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so far A total of five Australians missing after devastating floods ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border last week have been found. Of the five Australians confirmed safe, one was found in Nepal, one in Tibet, and three outside the crisis-hit area. The t…
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