‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital
Family members pin photos of Nepal’s missing to hospital wall as people try not to give up hope on loved ones Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates Posters of the missing line the wall of the hospital, the glue still fresh beneath.
A schoolgirl smiling in her uniform; a beaming, chubby-cheeked baby; a couple smiling on their wedding day; a young man, hands on hips, atop a mountain peak; a young girl with flowing hair, peaking out from behind a door.
These are faces of Nepal’s missing, just a fraction of the thousands who have not been seen since deadly flash floods coursed through the Himalayas and wiped away entire villages.
By Saturday morning, the toll of the missing had risen to almost 3,000, in both Nepal and Tibet.
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