Number of missing up to 2,400 in Nepal, China

The Manila Times 29 Aug Philippines

NUWAKOT, Nepal — The number of people missing in Nepal and China surpassed 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds. Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 586 bodies so far — and some of the dead swept downstream as

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