Nepal-Tibet floods live updates: NSW couple, Qld man, two boys among Australians missing as death toll rises

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Nepali Police have again revised the death toll from the nation’s devastating floods to at least 353 people.

Authorities said more than 1,300 people are still missing, including scores of foreigners - with 35 Australians among them - and pilgrims.

The revised toll comes as the nation’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah visited some of the worst-hit areas in the disaster, including Bidur and nearby communities in the Nuwakot district.

The BBC reported that he spent much of the visit meeting local officials, security agencies and community representatives to gauge the devastation and efforts by emergency agencies to address it.

Nepalese officials say 332 bodies have been pulled from wreckage in the aftermath of the deadly floods in the region.

The number has spiked in recent hours — we reported 270 people had been reported to have died less than two hours ago.

India’s foreign ministry is reporting 288 Indian people are missing after the floods.

35 Australians are now missing, out of a total 650 foreign nationals unaccounted for in the region.

Nepali police have confirmed on social media that 270 bodies have been recovered in flood-devastated areas. That figure is still expected to rise.

“This will go up, as we have resumed the search and more bodies are expected to be recovered,” police spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle told Reuters.

The number of Australians missing in the catastrophic Nepalese floods may have risen to 35, after a report from the Nepalese tourist board was released at 12pm local time.

The figure has risen since this morning, when Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed 34 people were missing.

Members of the Australian Nepali community are anxiously awaiting news from back home.

Nepali migrant Kiran Thapa, 46, was working from his Sydney office on Wednesday afternoon when his wife called with news of the disaster.

“I was so panicked,” Mr Thapa told AAP, recalling the phone call.

His family has since been found, having relocated to higher ground, clear of the muddy waters that inundated their homes, including his own.

But his nephew’s two daughters, aged nine and seven, remain trapped in a town across the river, sheltering in their school.

“All the bridges (have) collapsed, so there’s no way of getting there,” he said.

“They’re being taken care of ... but still we cannot come and bring them on this side because the only way to get them back is by helicopter.”

It’s an experience shared by many across Australia, including Melbourne-based Shyam Rana, who spent the night speaking with family in Nepal.

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Footage has emerged of workers sprinting from an incoming flood in Mailung in Nepal’s north.

The workers appear to scramble up a road as the flood smashes through the valley, as the air becomes clouded with water.

“Today I am in serious trouble due to flood in Rasuwa Mailung. I rescued from helicopter😓😓😓😓,” the video is captioned.

125 people, including 20 foreign nationals, have been rescued from Timure and Mailung in northern Nepal, according to the Nepali Army.

“Health care has been provided to 64 injured at the emergency treatment center including specialist doctor officer of Nepali Army in Trishuli,” a statement said.

“Land and air rescue, emergency treatment and relief materials distribution of the injured are underway coordinatedly.”

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A western Sydney couple, Venkatraman Balakrishnan and Chitra Venkatraman, among the 34 Australians missing in the Nepalese floods, according to the ABC.

The husband and wife were part of a tour group including 15 Australians who are now missing in the floods.

The broadcaster spoke to the couple’s son, who said he had last communicated with his parents when they were near the Nepalese border with Tibet.

The two Australian boys who are missing, aged 11 and 14, were also part of the tour group.

A man from North Brisbane is also among the Australians unaccounted for in the flooding.

The man is a member of the Non-Resident Nepali Association of Australia, according to the group’s treasurere Sambhu Gaishe.