Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing
The walls of a teaching hospital are filled with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Some of them are young, some old; most of them appear to be men. Some of them could be sleeping, except for the mud that…
In Nepal, authorities are collecting DNA samples and planning burials for unidentified victims of recent floods, with pictures of the deceased being displayed on a wall at a teaching hospital in Kathmandu. The victims include young and old individuals, mostly men, who are difficult to recognise due to mud covering their bodies.
Rescue efforts are ongoing, with a breakthrough reported at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site where over 100 workers may still be alive. A pipe was inserted into the tunnel, according to Le Monde English.
Families of missing Australians are anxiously waiting for news, with 41 Australians still unaccounted for, as per The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. The floods have claimed at least 682 lives, according to the US Geological Survey, which attributed the deadly torrent to a glacial collapse at the Nepal-Tibet border.
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