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Nepal

Floods claim at least 89 lives

Rescuers found four more bodies buried under mud on Sunday as the death toll from landslides and flooding in Nepal climbed to 89, sparking fears of a cholera outbreak. Torrential rain last week triggered multiple landslides and flooding, stranding thousands of villagers and leaving a trail of death and destruction in the Himalayan nation. The rains have damaged roads across the country's western plains bordering India, forcing officials to use helicopters to rescue stranded people and deliver emergency supplies.

Indonesia

15 missing after boat sinks

A boat carrying foreign tourists in central Indonesia has sunk, leaving 15 people missing. Budiawan, head of the search and rescue agency in Mataram, the provincial capital of West Nusatenggara, said the boat was on its way from Lombok island to Komodo island carrying 20 foreign tourists, four Indonesian crewmen and an Indonesian guide when it sank just after midnight on Saturday due to bad weather.

AFP - AP

(China Daily 08/18/2014 page12)