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Virginia family with 4 relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods pleads for more rescue help
The family says the Himalayan Glacier tour group is still missing, and Mukti Patel is urging more countries to join the rescue effort.
- Families in Virginia are pleading with the Government to deploy search and rescue resources to Nepal after catastrophic flash floods left their relatives missing near the China-Nepal border.
- Catastrophic flash floods struck the region on Wednesday, killing hundreds and leaving more than 2,000 missing, including about 90 Americans according to the State Department.
- Mukti Patel seeks information about her father, Umesh Kumar, sister Akanksha, and in-laws Ishan and Shilpa, while Anurag Goel awaits news on his father, Anil Goel.
- Anurag is seeking every available diplomatic and technical resource coordinated with Nepal and China to locate survivors; the landslide struck just before 9:15 a.m.
- "Faith has always been really important for my family," Goel said, as relatives in Virginia continue processing the agonizing wait while remaining hopeful for survivors.
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Virginia family with 4 relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods pleads for more rescue help – WTOP News
Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she shared memories of them on Friday, she caught herself. “I shouldn’t talk in past tense yet,” she said. “We don’t know anything.” As rescuers continued pulling survivors f…
·Chevy Chase, United States
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Virginia family with 4 relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods pleads for more rescue help
A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts.
·New York, United States
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