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Nepal warns of more possible floods as communities grapple with devastation

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Nepal’s disaster agency said the death toll had climbed to 734 with 2,498 people missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, including over a hundred Nepalis and people from over a dozen countries.

But residents of the flood-hit villages said they were struggling to make sense of near-constant alarms they've received since the initial floods. It’s going to be very difficult,” said Sattan Singh Tamang, 47, who was working near a bridge when Wednesday’s the floods came.

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