Good afternoon.Australia’s Nepali community plan to host vigils to remember the victims of the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster to coincide with a day of mourning.Nepal police said on Friday that the death toll had risen to 469, with more than 1,300 people still missing, after massive flash floods and landslides tore through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river basins.As the Nepali diaspora wait for the full scale of the disaster to become clear, families are desperately waiting to hear from missing relatives and friends.Dr Tilak Pokhrel, president of the Australian Nepalese Multicultural Centre, said community members “just want to say we are with you for those who are affected”. “Let’s work together, let’s pray together, and let’s go through this pain together.”The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, on Friday morning confirmed the number of Australians missing in the floods had increased from 35 to 39 as she unveiled a $5m support package.Top news
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