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  "id": 4526366,
  "title": "Families of pilgrims likely caught in floods are desperate for news from Nepal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/families-of-pilgrims-likely-caught-in-floods-are-desperate-for-news",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T23:32:39.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/30/nx-s1-5949351/families-of-pilgrims-likely-caught-in-floods-are-desperate-for-news-from-nepal"
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  "summary": "Families of pilgrims caught in floods along the Nepal-China border are desperate for news, four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages. Thousands are still missing, with an updated death toll of at least 810 confirmed by Nepali and Chinese authorities.\n\nRescue operations are intensifying, with teams using advanced tools to search for survivors at the Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower project. According to the Times of India, over 900 individuals remain unaccounted for in the aftermath of the devastating floods.\n\nThe floods have caused widespread destruction, with eight power stations affected, making it difficult to access the area. The Royal Australian Air Force will transport supplies from Queensland in the coming days, although Australian personnel have not been able to access the Nepal flood zone yet, as confirmed by the assistant minister for immigration, Matt Thistlethwaite, according to The Guardian.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Saved by a lunch break: Nepal floods destroyed many schools, but students at this school survived",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/saved-by-a-lunch-break-nepal-floods-destroyed-many-schools-but",
        "published": "2026-08-30T14:55:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Saved by a lunch break: Nepal floods destroyed many schools, but students at this school survived",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/saved-by-a-lunch-break-nepal-floods-destroyed-many-schools-but-4452791",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Nepal floods: Stranger ran past school screaming ‘Run, water’. It saved 370 kids, teachers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nepal-floods-stranger-ran-past-school-screaming-run-water-it-saved",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:27:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/head-teacher-evacuated-900-children-minutes-before-nepal-floods-hit",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:48:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/head-teacher-evacuated-900-children-minutes-before-nepal-floods-hit-4490511",
        "published": "2026-08-30T19:31:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Before Nepal floods, China was asked for early warnings as risks mounted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/before-nepal-floods-china-was-asked-for-early-warnings-as-risks",
        "published": "2026-08-30T22:50:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Girl rescued from rubble after Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/girl-rescued-from-rubble-after-nepal-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-30T22:57:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Girl rescued from rubble after Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/girl-rescued-from-rubble-after-nepal-floods-4518547",
        "published": "2026-08-30T22:57:26.000Z"
      }
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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."
}