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Nepal toll reaches 579; missing rises to 1,924 after hydropower workers added

|Nepal–Tibet Floods

Nepal's toll rose to 579 and missing to 1,924 after 933 hydropower workers were added to the list. About 14,829 security personnel were mobilised. Seven bodies were reported recovered in rivers in India. The UN cited 538 recovered bodies and about 3,750 rescued earlier in the day. Nepal said it did not currently need foreign search teams.