The logistical challenges of searching for the missing in Nepal and Tibet | ABC NEWS
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ABC South Asia correspondent Rachel Clayton reports from Kathmandu on Day 8 of the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster. She explains how family and friends of the missing are taking search and rescue efforts into their own hands due to a lack of information and profound logistical challenges.
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AI GeneratedTwo Australians have been confirmed safe, reducing the number of missing Australians in Nepal to 36. Rescue efforts are focused on a hydropower site where over 900 people are believed to be trapped in mud-filled tunnels. While international aid is arriving, the region faces a massive humanitarian crisis affecting 1.6 million people, with long-term challenges in infrastructure and food security.