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Nepal PM says nation facing ‘unimaginable’ disaster

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah (second from right) arriving to inspect the area following flash floods at Bidur municipality.

Nepal buries dead as toll crosses 900; rescuers seek thousands missing

Damaged houses in Nepal’s Nuwakot district after flash floods.

Nepal floods expose gaps in warning systems, China data-sharing

Better forecasting and earlier warnings will not only help save lives, but also go some way towards protecting critical infrastructure.

Nepali rescue workers test aid delivery by drone

Volunteers work with police to pack essential food, medicine, and other supplies for a drone relief operation at Devighat, Nepal.

‘1 per cent chance’: Siblings’ desperate search for missing Singaporean couple in Nepal disaster

Singaporean couple Sumit Rawla (left) and Shubakshi Rawla were last reported to be in or around Timure, a Nepali town close to the border with Tibet.

Nepal begins burials as flood death toll rises to 752

Health workers carrying a dead body at a mortuary in Nepal’s Chitwan district on Aug 30.

Pakistan suspends eight officials after deadly infant ward fire

A preliminary report found the deadly blaze had engulfed the unit “within approximately two minutes”.

India’s aviation boom faces turbulence amid safety concerns

A series of crises at India’s two main carriers, Air India and IndiGo, has exposed safety and regulatory shortcomings in the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market.

Rescuers race to find thousands missing after Nepal-China glacier collapse

A drone view shows houses covered in mud following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal.

Nepal flood survivors return to ruins to salvage memories

Across Nepal’s flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of lives swept away in minutes.

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