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  "id": 5309475,
  "title": "Nepal: How are the hundreds of victims from the floods being identified?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nepal-how-are-the-hundreds-of-victims-from-the-floods-being-identified",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T10:52:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260903-nepal-how-are-the-hundreds-of-victims-from-the-floods-being-identified"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "#Nepal faces a major challenge: identifying the remains that have been found after the #flood that tore through part of the country on August 26, some of which are in an advanced state of decomposition. For #health reasons, the unidentified bodies have begun to be buried. Before each #burial, #DNA samples are taken and an identification number is assigned to each set of remains. Relatives of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Mothership",
        "title": "S'pore police getting DNA samples of S'poreans missing in Nepal floods to identify victims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/spore-police-getting-dna-samples-of-sporeans-missing-in-nepal-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-03T08:28:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "How that one blue house in Nepal survived the devastating floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/how-that-one-blue-house-in-nepal-survived-the-devastating-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-03T09:42:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Canadian citizen confirmed safe after Nepal floods but 29 still missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/canadian-citizen-confirmed-safe-after-nepal-floods-but-29-still",
        "published": "2026-09-03T13:04:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Nepal Floods: Survivors hauled to safety with makeshift zip line",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nepal-floods-survivors-hauled-to-safety-with-makeshift-zip-line",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:43:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Nothing left standing in Nepal valley after catastrophic floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nothing-left-standing-in-nepal-valley-after-catastrophic-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:59:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Aid operations in aftermath of deadly Nepal floods hampered by conditions | First Thing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/aid-operations-in-aftermath-of-deadly-nepal-floods-hampered-by",
        "published": "2026-09-03T15:03:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}