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Australia's missing count rises to 41 after Friday evening dip to 38
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Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade put the number of Australians unaccounted for in the flood at 41 by Saturday morning, ABC News reports, its highest count yet. DFAT said the number could still move as officials work through the list. Most of the missing Australians were on separate pilgrimages and tour groups heading for Mount Kailash.
The count has moved several times this week. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday morning that 39 were unaccounted for, up from the 35 that Nepal's tourism board had listed a day earlier. DFAT said Friday evening that the count had 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. It then rose again to 41 by Saturday.
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.