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  "id": 4316537,
  "title": "Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/families-balance-hope-and-despair-in-race-to-find-survivors-in-nepal-4316537",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T00:27:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/families-balance-hope-and-despair-in-race-to-find-survivors-in-nepal-as-australians-still-missing"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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.\n\nRescue 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.\n\nFamilies 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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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Nepal floods: MEA says 88 Indians rescued, 287 still missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-mea-says-88-indians-rescued-287-still-missing",
        "published": "2026-08-29T13:13:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Borneo Post Online",
        "title": "Nepal floods: Briefing for families of missing Malaysians to be held tomorrow, says Foreign Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-briefing-for-families-of-missing-malaysians-to-be-held",
        "published": "2026-08-29T15:13:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "‘Trying to reach a safe location’: Missing UK couple's last message from flood-hit Nepal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trying-to-reach-a-safe-location-missing-uk-couples-last-message-from",
        "published": "2026-08-29T17:38:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Peninsula Qatar",
        "title": "Minister of State at Ministry of Foreign Affairs receives phone call from Syrian FM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/minister-of-state-at-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-receives-phone-call",
        "published": "2026-08-29T18:08:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Foreign Minister Ablakwa calls for new approach to address root causes of conflict and youth migration",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/foreign-minister-ablakwa-calls-for-new-approach-to-address-root",
        "published": "2026-08-29T20:04:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000 as race for survivors continues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/missing-toll-from-nepal-china-flood-nears-3-000-as-race-for-survivors",
        "published": "2026-08-29T20:12:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/families-balance-hope-and-despair-in-race-to-find-survivors-in-nepal",
        "published": "2026-08-30T00:27:59.000Z"
      }
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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."
}