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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Cait Kelly in Kathmandu

Two cousins hired a 4WD to find their missing Australian family in Nepal. Then ‘there was no more road’

Flyers and posters displaying the names and photographs of people missing since the August 26 floods in Rasuwa are posted on the wall of the National Trauma Center in Kathmandu
Flyers displaying the names and photographs of people missing since the 26 August floods are posted on the wall of the National Trauma Center in Kathmandu. Photograph: The Guardian

As the hot sun beats down in Kathmandu, Santosh Swaminathan and his cousin Nathan Subramanian take a break from searching for their missing loved ones to stop at a temple and pray.

After they lost contact with Swaminathan’s sister and her husband following the devastating flood last week, they flew from India to Nepal. But as they wait for the army to rebuild roads and bridges into the areas where their loved ones were, they’re getting desperate.

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