Families face 'difficult' wait for news on loved ones missing in Nepal

Friends and families of 42 missing Australians in Nepal face an anxious and "difficult" wait for news as rescue efforts continue from Wednesday's devastating floods.

Friends and families of 42 missing Australians in Nepal face an anxious and "difficult" wait for news as rescue efforts continue from Wednesday's devastating floods.

How families are searching for missing loved ones in Nepal  CNN

Flash flooding crashed through the border of Nepal and Tibet after a Himalayan glacier collapsed, killing more than 600 people. Rescue crews race against time to find any survivors out of the estimated 2,500 people believed to be missing.

At a Kathmandu noticeboard, families put up A4 pictures of their missing loved ones on a noticeboard, as rescuers struggle to access areas only accessible by helicopter after flooding destroyed hundreds of roads and bridges.

Hospitals in Kathmandu are seeing a constant stream of people searching for missing loved ones after the massive floods that killed at least 584 people, while nearly 2,500 remain missing in Nepal and Tibet.

Hospitals in Kathmandu are seeing a constant stream of people searching for missing loved ones after the massive floods that killed at least 584 people, while nearly 2,500 remain missing in Nepal and Tibet.

Gift of the Givers has released the names of the six South Africans missing after the Nepal-Tibet floods. One mother is anxious but holding out hope, saying her daughter ‘is a fighter’.

Hundreds are missing after devastating flash floods swept through Nepal and Tibet, killing hundreds others and triggering a desperate rescue operation.

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