What we know about the Australians missing in the Nepal floods
1. Himalayan Glacier Adventures groupFifteen of the missing Australians were on a pilgrimage with the Himalayan Glacier tour group to Mount Kailash in Tibet, which is a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and the Bon faith. All but one in the group are Sydney-based members of the Australia Bharatha Brahmin Samaj community. Among those unaccounted for are NSW couple Venkatraman Balakrishnan, 52, and Chitra Venkatraman, 46, as well as Sreedharan and Lakshmi Iyer, and their adult sons Rishab,
More than 40 Australians are among several thousand people unaccounted for after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border
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An 11-year-old child, an ADF member and many other pilgrims and trekkers have been named among the Australians missing after deadly flash floods and landslides tore through valleys on the Nepal-Tibet border.
As of Saturday there were 41 Australians among almost 2,500 people reported missing in the disaster, including at least 777 foreigners. At least 93,000 people were estimated to have been affected by the disaster, according to the Red Cross.
Here’s what we know about the Australians who remain missing. This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
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