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The Economic Times
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Nepal resumes flood rescue as thousands still missing; finance minister seeks $4-5 bn for rebuilding

Kathmandu: Nepal resumed search and rescue work on Saturday ​after a brief weather-related suspension as authorities searched for nearly 3,000 missing people following a devastating flood that killed hundreds and tore through a region bordering Tibet.

The impoverished Himalayan nation of 30 million people called for specialist foreign assistance and its finance minister told Reuters it would need about $4 billion to $5 billion to rebuild.

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