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Canadian families still waiting for answers one week after Nepal disaster
Ottawa said 10 officials are on the ground as families search hospitals and police sites for relatives after the flooding.
- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand reported that 30 Canadians and permanent residents are missing following severe flooding in Nepal, with the government actively working to locate individuals as the situation evolves.
- Flooding on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing after a glacier collapsed in the Himalayan border region between Nepal and China.
- After her cousin's phone pinged near Hotel Kailash, Neeral Patel said the family had breakfast there last Wednesday; two family members traveled to Kathmandu to check hospitals for Ishan Patel, Akanksha Patel, Shilpa Patel, and Umesh Patel.
- Ottawa confirmed it has 10 government officials on the ground in Nepal supporting affected Canadians, though rescue operations face significant challenges as landslides and destroyed roads have cut off remote areas.
- "This is why we're urging everyone to please, in the right area, search as much as you can," Patel said, as families scour police and missing persons websites for information and call for a global effort.
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"We want to keep a lot of hope, but every day that passes, this hope is getting a little worse."
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One week after the catastrophic floods in Nepal, Canadian families are still waiting to hear from their loved ones, and are calling for a broader international mobilization to support rescue operations.
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