Days after deadly Nepal flood, families of missing B.C. couples desperate for details

Families of two missing Metro Vancouver couples are desperately searching for information about their loved ones after a massive wall of water tore through the Timure region of Nepal. The disaster occurred earlier this week, and rescuers in Nepal and China have been searching for nearly 3,000 people missing after devastating flooding along the border with China.

According to reports, at least 682 bodies were recovered in both countries, including 675 in Nepal and seven in China. The Isha Foundation, which had a group of pilgrims caught in the flash floods, reported that there were no encouraging indications of survivors at the Gyirong Port immigration centre on the China-Nepal border.

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, whose family was travelling in the affected area, first learned of the disaster while at work. His family, along with another Metro Vancouver couple, remain unaccounted for. The search and rescue operations have been ongoing, with the Isha Foundation providing information to frontline rescue teams and sharing additional phone-signal information to assist with the search.

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