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More than 3,000 people are still missing after catastrophic flash floods hit following a glacial collapse high in the Himalayan region.
A doctor who recently completed a fellowship at the University of Minnesota and three family members, including his wife who was a former psychiatrist at Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus, were reported m
Satellite images show the destruction caused by Nepal’s deadly floods. The cost of losses and damage is expected to run to several billion dollars.
University of Minnesota expressed “deep sadness” over the tragedy regarding Dr. Ishan Patel, an orthopedic fellow, and his wife, Akanksha Patel, a psychiatrist at Mercy Hospital.
The notice, issued in a post on X, asks families abroad to provide DNA samples from the closest available blood relative of the missing person. | World News
The floods followed a collapse in the Himalayan region that sent a large volume of water, mud and debris into the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridors.
Facebook groups are checking information from family and friends of the missing against Nepal’s police database in a task where success is bittersweet at best
Senior Minister K Shanmugam had said that the police were looking into "shameful" racist and xenophobic online commments about the Nepal-Tibet disaster and SIA's investment in Air India.