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Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster (opens the original)
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The latest confirmed death toll surged above 900, with unidentified bodies buried in mass graves after DNA sampling. The huge wave of freezing water, rocks and debris that smashed into villages and towns on Wednesday killed at least 939 people in Nepal and in Tibet, in China, with at least 17 bodies also pulled from rivers downstream in India. Shibu Giri, a hydropower worker in Rasuwa, counts himself lucky to be alive. A helicopter crew "tried to rescue me three times, but my body was stuck in t
Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through ‘unimaginable’ disaster (opens the original)
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Rescuers have struggled through mud and debris for a sixth day, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 4500 since tsunami-like glacial floods roared down from the China-Nepal border, creating an “unimaginable” disaster. The latest confirmed death toll rose above 900, with unidentified bodies buried in mass graves after DNA sampling. The huge wave of freezing water, rocks and debris that smashed into villages and towns on Wednesday killed at least 939 people in Nepal and in Tibet, with
China-Nepal border disaster: 691 bodies recovered as nearly 3000 remain missing (opens the original)
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Rescue officers and paramilitary police of the Shigatse Detachment of the Tibet Armed Police Corps, in co-ordination with heavy machinery, carry out search and rescue and dredging work along one side of the river at the disaster site in Gyirong County, Shigatse, Tibet. Photo / CNS, AFP Rescuers in Nepal and China battled on Sunday to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages. Figures from both countries put the number of
Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000 (opens the original)
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The number of missing soared close to 3,000 Saturday, latest figures from both countries showed, with 633 bodies recovered -- and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India. In an area home to vast energy infrastructure projects, Nepal's disaster authority added 933 hydropower workers to a missing persons list already including trekkers and pilgrims to Tibet's sacred Mount Kailash. Those that made it out say they have lost everything and now face an agonising wait to dis
Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000 (opens the original)
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The number of missing soared close to 3,000 Saturday, latest figures from both countries showed, with 633 bodies recovered -- and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India. In an area home to vast energy infrastructure projects, Nepal's disaster authority added 933 hydropower workers to a missing persons list already including trekkers and pilgrims to Tibet's sacred Mount Kailash. Those that made it out say they have lost everything and now face an agonising wait to dis
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