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Global Affairs working to collect DNA from families of missing Canadians in Nepal
The federal government is collecting DNA samples from families of 29 missing Canadians in Nepal and China after a flash flood in the Himalayan border region.
Senior officials are working with the RCMP and local police in Nepal and China to assist with DNA collection from families of the missing.
A glacier collapse on August 26 caused flooding that killed over 1,100 people and left about 4,400 missing in Nepal and China.
Authorities in Kathmandu have buried many unidentified bodies in trenches due to the high number of fatalities and missing persons.