Rescue Crews on HIGH ALERT as More Trouble Looms Over Nepal

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Rescue operations are resuming along the China-Nepal border tonight following a brief pause due to
overflowing water from a barrier lake. The death toll now from the landslide and flooding
is approaching 600 people there. More than 2,500 are still missing tonight including
dozens of Americans and there could be more trouble ahead.
Foreign correspondent Jeff Paul has our update tonight from London.
Authorities in Nepal warning locals to get back and turn around that a flood is coming.
That's the reality on the ground as officials fear an already devastated region could get hit again.
Our superiors told us the water level has risen upstream so we should move to a safe location
with our equipment and wait. Recovery operations in both China and Nepal suspended for hours
as lakes near Wednesday's glacier collapse get dangerously close to bursting.
Rescues have since resumed but teams are on high alert.
It has just reinforced the trauma that people feel after having lost their homes,
lost their loved ones and there's still areas that are only accessible by helicopter.
In the aftermath of the landslide and flash floods,
crews continue to pull survivors including one mother's two missing children.
I had completely lost hope. I didn't have my children.
I went through the jungle full of leeches. I crossed rivers weeping
and frantically searching for them. At last I have found both my children.
But with hundreds still unaccounted for including a growing number of Americans,
the painful search goes on.
My brother should be rescued. I don't know how and where he is.
He has been missing for three days. I hope he is safe. I am hopeful.
Now the State Department confirms 90 Americans right now are unaccounted for.
Five have made it to safety in Nepal and they're not aware of any deaths involving U.S. citizens.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy says it has delivered its first aid package including food,
blankets, mosquito nets and beddings for shelter.
Alright Jeff, thank you.
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