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0:00Our focus next shifts to Nepal which
0:02continues to battle the aftermath of the
0:04devastating floods that completely left
0:07behind a trail of destruction that
0:09they're still trying to grapple with.
0:11And the rescue and the relief operations
0:14only continue round the clock even after
0:17a week of over a week in fact of the
0:20disaster having struck the region. The
0:22death toll now has crossed 1,250 and
0:25nearly 5,000 people still remain
0:28missing. The numbers in both categories
0:30have in fact been only going up. Rescue
0:34and search operations are continuing
0:36across the worst hit areas as
0:37authorities race to locate survivors and
0:40provide relief. India has stepped up its
0:42assistance. Two more aircraft have been
0:45sent carrying over 21 tons of essential
0:47relief material including medicines,
0:49forensic equipment. The government of
0:51Nepal has in fact declared September 7th
0:54as a day of national mourning to honor
0:56those who lost their lives in this very
0:58disaster. Meanwhile, China has blamed
1:01global warming for the disaster, saying
1:03no country is immune to climate change.
1:04China has said that it has also been
1:06severely affected by the crossber
1:08disaster and is committed to working
1:10together to mitigate the impact of
1:12climate change. We have been in
1:14coordination with the Nepalese
1:16government and authorities and started
1:18tracking uh information about uh Indians
1:21who would be missing in this floods. Uh
1:25there were several groups of uh pilgrims
1:27who were going to Kalash Mantra Vayatra
1:29or coming back. Uh with the help of
1:31Nepali army uh we've been able to rescue
1:34166 people altogether. We've rescued uh
1:38almost about 12,000 people brought to
1:40safety including many foreign nationals.
1:43Over 4,000 people are still uh reported
1:45unaccounted for. But there is an active
1:47rescue effort going on uh and we will
1:50continue to search until uh our security
1:53agencies who are on the ground um tell
1:56us uh that u um that the chances of
2:00survival would go down. Only then we'll
2:03call off the rescue operation.
2:06And
2:08China
2:12loss. So I guess