Nepal death toll climbs over 600 as flood rescue resumes
Nepal death toll climbs over 600 as flood rescue resumes
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A missing Australian man from the NSW South Coast had reached the Nepal-Tibet border just 10 minutes before flash flooding hit the region, as the death toll continues to climb.
616 people have died in the natural disaster, and the total number of those unaccounted for spiked to 2400 overnight, with 41 Australians among them.
Michael Keats has been confirmed as one of the missing 41 and had just reached the Nepal-Tibet border just moments before disaster struck, his family revealed in a statement.
Meanwhile, Karan Bhardwaj, 40, a Brisbane father and member of the Royal Australian Air Force has been identified as another one of the Australians currently missing in Nepal.
He was travelling with tour operator Kailash Journeys when the disaster hit on Wednesday morning.
Emergency teams have recovered 584 bodies as they work through the disaster area, and Nepal’s disaster authority has added 933 hydropower workers to the list of the missing in Nepal and China, bringing the figure to 2400.
Many of the Australians in the region were on religious pilgrimages. The Nepal Tourism Board has been providing numbers of citizens of various countries who have been rescued; Indians, South Koreans, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Italians and a Bulgarian citizen have been saved.
Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said Australian DFAT officials are “working around the clock” and getting as close to the region as they possibly can.
“Yesterday, Foreign minister, Penny Wong, had a phone call with the Nepalese Foreign Minister to express our deepest sympathies to the people of Nepal and to offer Australia’s support,” he said.
“As a result, we’ve announced $5m worth of humanitarian aid to support the rescue and recovery and provide vital supplies to the affected communities and to ensure that Australia is doing its bit to help out.
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