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  • Aug 30

    Three Italian tourists missing in Nepal floods as nationwide death toll tops 680

    Nepalese police listed Luca Barachini, Patrizia Marziale, and Marco Ratto among the missing following flash floods that left over 680 dead across the country.

  • Aug 26

    Rescuers extract four survivors from Nepal flood debris ten days after disaster

    Nepali and international rescue teams have pulled three hydropower workers and a 64-year-old woman alive from flooded tunnels and buried buildings in the Trishuli River valley.

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