Nepal-Tibet flood deaths pass 1,000 as police ask relatives for DNA to identify victims
Relatives of missing tourists asked for blood samples and photos, as efforts continue to rescue trapped hydropower workers Nepal-Tibet floods – latest updates Visual guide: How the Nepal-Tibet flash flood unfolded Nepali rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue hundreds of trapped workers, as the death toll passed 1,000 nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country’s towns and valleys. About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts. The prime minister, Balendra Shah, said more than 11,000 people had been rescued across the affected region, and power and communication lines had been restored in some areas. “Thousands of citizens have lost their homes, families, loved ones and property,” Shah said. Six days after the catastrophe struck the Himalayan border region, 4,400 people were still missing in Nepal and Tibet.
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In a statement posted to social media, Nepal police on Monday asked relatives of those missing to “provide a fresh blood sample for DNA profiling and two passport-sized photographs” to the pathology laboratory at the Nepal police hospital in Kathmandu, or the nearest district police office. Her mother was still missing, but the family had been able to identify her father’s body from a photograph on the wall outside the teaching hospital, where images of the deceased have been posted in an effort to identify the victims. “Both my father and mother, they were in the village in Nukawot.
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Relatives of missing tourists asked for blood samples and photos, as efforts continue to rescue trapped hydropower workers Nepal-Tibet floods – latest updates Visual guide: How the Nepal-Tibet flash flood unfolded Nepali rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue hundreds of trapped workers, as the death toll passed 1,000 nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country’s towns and valleys. About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts. The prime minister, Balendra Shah, said more than 11,000 people had been rescued across the affected region, and power and communication lines had been restored in some areas. “Thousands of citizens have lost their homes, families, loved ones and property,” Shah said. Six days after the catastrophe struck the Himalayan border region, 4,400 people were still missing in Nepal and Tibet.
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Relatives of missing tourists asked for blood samples and photos, as efforts continue to rescue trapped hydropower workers Nepal-Tibet floods – latest updates Visual guide: How the Nepal-Tibet flash flood unfolded Nepali rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue hundreds of trapped workers, as the death toll passed 1,000 nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country’s towns and valleys. About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts. The prime minister, Balendra Shah, said more than 11,000 people had been rescued across the affected region, and power and communication lines had been restored in some areas. “Thousands of citizens have lost their homes, families, loved ones and property,” Shah said. Six days after the catastrophe struck the Himalayan border region, 4,400 people were still missing in Nepal and Tibet.
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Relatives of missing tourists asked for blood samples and photos, as efforts continue to rescue trapped hydropower workers Nepal-Tibet floods – latest updates Visual guide: How the Nepal-Tibet flash flood unfolded Nepali rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue hundreds of trapped workers, as the death toll passed 1,000 nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country’s towns and valleys. About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts. The prime minister, Balendra Shah, said more than 11,000 people had been rescued across the affected region, and power and communication lines had been restored in some areas. “Thousands of citizens have lost their homes, families, loved ones and property,” Shah said. Six days after the catastrophe struck the Himalayan border region, 4,400 people were still missing in Nepal and Tibet.
