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Nepal's missing count nearly doubles to 1,924 as NDRRMA widens who it counts
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Nepal's disaster authority NDRRMA said in a Friday evening Search, Rescue and Relief update that 1,924 people are now listed out of contact in Nepal, nearly double the 977 it had given that same afternoon. NDRRMA said the jump came from adding more local residents to the tally, not from a new wave of people going missing, AP reports. The count of foreign nationals held at 517, unchanged since Friday morning.
That evening update put NDRRMA's own separate figure for the dead at 579, and said more than 3,700 people had been rescued and about 14,800 security personnel were mobilised for the search, AP reports. Saturday's NDRRMA bulletin then listed 626 bodies, before Nepal Police's 4pm update reported 669. Nepal Police's earlier 6am figure was 616, before those later updates.
Separately, Province Police said 116 people from Madhesh Province remain out of contact, 10 fewer than earlier in the day after some reached their families, spokesperson SSP Prabhu Prasad Dhakal told Onlinekhabar.
Out of contact does not mean dead. Phone lines, power and internet are still down across large parts of the flood zone, and officials are still working through the lists as contact is slowly restored.
If you are trying to find someone in the flood zone, call the nearest District Police Office or 100, and register the same details with the local ward office.