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Nepal continues searching for survivors 11 days after floods, with nearly 5,000 missing

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

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  • Nepal continued searching for survivors 11 days after floods devastated the north of the country.
  • Recent rescues of people found alive have encouraged teams, but nearly 5,000 people remain missing.
  • Hundreds of workers remain missing at hydropower plants destroyed by water and mud, according to the report.

Nepal is still searching for survivors 11 days after floods devastated the country’s north, with nearly 5,000 people missing.

Search teams continued operations on Saturday, encouraged by new rescues of people found alive in recent hours. The effort remains focused on areas swept through by water and mud.

Hundreds of workers are still missing at hydropower plants that the floods destroyed. Interior Minister Sudhan Gurung was cited in the report, but the supplied text ends before giving the details of his statement.

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