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Australia's missing count eases to 38 as one hiker makes contact
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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday that 39 Australians were unaccounted for in the flood, up from the 35 that Nepal's tourism board had listed a day earlier. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Friday evening that count has since eased to 38, after one of them, 26 year old Cara Severino, made contact with her family from Gosainkunda, saying she was walking toward Kathmandu with other hikers after being stranded at Kyanjin Gompa, ABC News reports. DFAT said the number could still move as officials work through the list.
Wong also announced A$5 million in Australian aid: 2 million to the World Food Programme, 2 million to Australian NGOs through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership, and 1 million to the Emergency Action Alliance for local recovery work. Three more Australian humanitarian specialists are being sent to join the 20 staff already in Nepal.