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  "title": "How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s flood rescue efforts",
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        "title": "Australian couple ran up mountain with 3yo daughter to escape Nepal flood",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Engineers use WhatsApp to guide Nepal’s flood rescue efforts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/engineers-use-whatsapp-to-guide-nepals-flood-rescue-efforts",
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