By Saurabh Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Flood-hit Nepal will ask wealthier countries and global agencies for financial help this week, arguing they should contribute to the $5 billion needed for initial rebuilding as the disaster shows how climate change has hit poor countries that did little to cause it,

A string of miracle rescues in recent days has kept hopes alive that more people might still be saved from the catastrophe of August 26 when a glacier collapsed, sending a mass of mud and rock crashing into a river along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet.

Lu Haitao was rescued from a hydropower tunnel and evacuated by helicopter Saturday, 10 days after the floods.

More than 3,000 people are still missing after catastrophic flash floods hit following a glacial collapse high in the Himalayan region.

Two Minnesota doctors and their two family members are among those missing after devastating flooding in Nepal, according to family and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Ishan Patel and his wife, Dr.

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.

The rescue brings to a total of three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel, after two other workers were freed a day before.

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China passed has 1,000 as rescue teams worked to reach communities cut off by the disaster.

Flash floods triggered by a glacial collapse at the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26 swept away entire settlements in the Himalayan region, but video purportedly showing a mosque withstanding the destructive waves is in fact manipulated footage of a home that miraculously survived the disaster.