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Nepal-Tibet floods: more than 3,000 missing; air pipe inserted to tunnel where large group trapped – follow updates

Searches continue for thousands missing after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border

Authorities have issued high-alert fresh water surge and flash flood warnings for the Trishuli Bazaar area in Nepal’s Nuwakot district following severe upstream glacial collapses and debris flows

Senator Penny Wong, Australian minister for foreign affairs, said Australia is deploying a further $3m in humanitarian assistance to flood-afflicted areas along the Nepal-China border.

There has been an overwhelming response from the Australian people to the Emergency Action Alliance appeal, which has now reached over $1.4m in donations.

As a result, the government will provide a further $1m to the EAA appeal.

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