Search operations continue in Nepal for missing after deadly floods. teleSUR
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00:00In Nepal, rescuers on Tuesday searched for missing people and tried to recover the bodies
00:04of some of the 200 killed in flooding and landslides.
00:08The work continued to improve, and workers were clearing the highways that were blocked
00:12by landslides.
00:13Nepal police said the death toll by Tuesday had reached 217, while 143 people had been
00:19injured.
00:20There were still 28 people who were reported missing, and searches were continuing for
00:24them.
00:25Schools and colleges were closed until Tuesday to help clean up the premises and to give
00:29students time to recover.
00:31The disaster came just ahead of the country's biggest festival, Dasain, which begins on
00:35Thursday when the people return home to celebrate with their families.