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Nepal warns of more possible floods as communities grapple with devastation and death toll rises

Flood warning notifications were issued to people's phones throughout Sunday morning as rescue workers tried to evacuate a main route connecting Kathmandu to one of the places most severely affected by Wednesday's devastating floods.

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00:00Authorities in Nepal have warned of potential new flooding and advised people living in flood-affected districts to stay vigilant
00:07following an increase in the Botekoshi River's level.
00:11Flood warning notifications were issued to residents' phones on Sunday as rescue efforts continued to locate more than 900 missing
00:19workers at hydropower projects in central Nepal.
00:22The latest updates on casualties from the disaster showed the combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 750.
00:30According to Nepal's disaster agency, the death toll had climbed to 734 with nearly 2,500 people missing, while Chinese
00:40authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, including foreign nationals.
00:46A glacier collapse high in the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal near the border with Tibet triggered Wednesday's catastrophic flooding and
00:54landslides, which buried villages and towns along the Trishuli and Potekoshi River systems.

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