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Rescuers are searching for thousands after the Aug. 26 disaster, with the Red Cross saying as many as 93,000 people may have been affected.
- Rescuers in Nepal and China battled on Saturday, August 29, to locate thousands missing days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.
- The Red Cross reported the trauma of the August 26 catastrophe has been "enormous," with as many as 93,000 people potentially affected by the disaster.
- Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet said rescue teams used helicopters to reach tunnel entry points, bringing 350 workers and residents to safety despite challenging conditions.
- Authorities evacuated 555 stranded tourists and 499 Chinese residents from Tibet, while Nepal reported 626 deaths and 2,426 people currently out of contact.
- With 633 bodies recovered, the number of missing soared close to 3,000; authorities in India recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, indicating downstream impact.
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The death toll continues to rise from massive floods that have struck the Himalayan mountain region spanning the border between Nepal and China. On the 29th (local time), the fourth day since the floods began, the confirmed death toll in both countries rose to 633, and the number of missing persons neared 3,000. According to AP and AFP, Nepalese disaster authorities announced that 626 people have died so far due to the floods that occurred in th…
Three days after the violent mudslides that took everything over their passage through the Himalayan valleys on Wednesday, the situation continues to worsen, with the Nepalese and Chinese authorities now reporting 633 deaths and nearly 3,000 missing.
(Jakarta=Yonhap News) Correspondent Son Hyun-kyu = On the 29th (local time), the fourth day since large-scale flooding occurred in the Himalayan mountain region on the Nepal-China border, assessments in both countries...
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