Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing

The walls of a teaching hospital are filled with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Some of them are young, some old; most of the

Rescue crews are struggling through blocked roads, high mountain canyons and dangerous terrain as they search for thousands of people missing in Nepal and Tibet.

Santosh Sahu and son Spandan (18) are Irish passport holders and were in the region when disaster struck

Hundreds of people, including more than 600 tourists, remain missing after the floods hit the Nepal-China border.

Experts warned that a blockage remaining upstream could trigger another flood.