# Families balance hope and despair as Nepal survivor search continues with 41 Australians missing

https://mins.news/en/item/37196

- The Guardian, 2026-08-30 00:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/families-balance-hope-and-despair-in-race-to-find-survivors-in-nepal-as-australians-still-missing

> Unidentified victims’ photographs cover a Kathmandu teaching hospital as authorities collect DNA and prepare burials before morgues fill. Four days after a Himalayan glacier collapse unleashed water, ice and mud, 669 people are dead and nearly 3,000 are missing, including 41 Australians. Rescue teams are still finding survivors in remote areas.

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