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  "id": 3896014,
  "title": "Nepal flash floods: Why Kathmandu declined foreign rescue teams and what were lessons from 2015 earthquake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/nepal-flash-floods-why-kathmandu-declined-foreign-rescue-teams-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T04:52:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
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    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/nepal-flash-floods-why-kathmandu-declined-foreign-rescue-teams-and-lessons-from-2015-earthquake-balendra-shah-us-uk-11787890003719.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nepal flash floods: The Nepal government has received multiple official and unofficial requests from countries and organisations to send their own search-and-rescue teams, Kathmandu Post said, quoting a senior foreign ministry official.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Fire and Rescue Department ready to deploy Storm team to Nepal if instructed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/fire-and-rescue-department-ready-to-deploy-storm-team-to-nepal-if",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:04:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Malaysian Fire Dept ready to deploy specialist rescue team to Nepal as nine hikers remain uncontactable",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/malaysian-fire-dept-ready-to-deploy-specialist-rescue-team-to-nepal",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:30:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "‘Don’t need help’: Nepal declines foreign rescue teams as flood death toll nears 500",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/dont-need-help-nepal-declines-foreign-rescue-teams-as-flood-death",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:05:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Fire Department to plead guilty over failures during fatal blaze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/fire-department-to-plead-guilty-over-failures-during-fatal-blaze",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:49:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Fire Department to plead guilty over failures during fatal blaze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/fire-department-to-plead-guilty-over-failures-during-fatal-blaze-3890598",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:49:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Nepal floods top updates: At least 469 dead, over 1,000 missing as China halts rescue ops amid risk of renewed flooding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/nepal-floods-top-updates-at-least-469-dead-over-1-000-missing-as",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:58:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}