What you need to know By Thank you for joining our continuing coverage of the flood crisis in Nepal and Tibet. Here’s what you need to know:The number of Australians missing in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster has been revised up to 41.One missing Australian, Cara Severino made contact with her parents yesterday. The 26-year-old Australian said she was stranded along the Langtang Trek, and faces a lengthy hike to reach Kathmandu on foot.The death toll has risen to 579 and at least 1924 people are missing, including 517 foreign tourists, according to Nepal’s disaster management authority. China has reported seven deaths and 558 missing, although it is unclear if the numbers overlap.A total of 121 foreign nationals have been rescued since Wednesday, according to an update from the Nepal Tourism Board late on Friday.Latest Posts8.03amNumber of Australians missing in Nepal growsBy Christopher HarrisThe number of missing Australians in Nepal has risen to 41, up from 38 people yesterday.Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs has taken more than 450 consular calls in relation to the disaster.Four officers in a crisis response team are expected to arrive in Kathmandu later today to support consular efforts on the ground.Last night Foreign Minister Penny Wong spoke with the Nepali Foreign Minister to affirm that Australia stands ready to provide further humanitarian assistance, including to aid rescue and recovery efforts.7.50amStories of survival in NepalBy Zach HopeOur photographer Kate Geraghty and reporter Zach Hope are on the ground in Nepal. He just filed this report:On Wednesday morning, about 9.15am, poultry farmer Sidar Tamang took a call from a supplier with astonishing news from upstream on Nepal’s Trishuli River.Lakshin Tamang (left) and Rashmi Tamang look at a photo of their relative Sidar Tamang, who is recovering in TU Teaching Hospital.Kate GeraghtyWater, roiling with debris, was surging towards the remote village of Khalte, the supplier said, and Tamang needed to warn other residents to run for higher ground now.With his whistle, Tamang says he rushed through Khalte’s main street, blowing and shouting until he spotted a group of children standing by the petrol station.You can read more from Zach Hope here.7.26amAustralians fly to Nepal to search for survivorsBy Several Australians with family in the affected region have flown to assist the search for survivors, combing towns impacted by debris and torrents of mud.Among them is the husband of NSW mother-of-two Reshma Patel, who was due to touch down in Kathmandu on Friday evening.Like the majority of the 38 Australians confirmed missing, down from 39 on Friday after one person made contact with family, Ms Patel was making a pilgrimage with a tour group when the floods began.Her last known location was an immigration office along the Nepal-Tibet border, which was captured on viral footage being inundated by floodwaters.“She was inside the big building, which you can see in all the videos that had been hit hard by the floods at the border,” family friend Chin Valsan told AAP.6.50amReport: Nepal to accept rescue help from Australia and other countriesBy Christopher HarrisA team of Australian experts could be allowed to travel to Nepal to help with the devastating aftermath of its flooding disaster after the Nepalese government reportedly reversed its position of rejecting offers of assistance from foreign countries.The move could allow experts in tunnel rescues, DNA testing and forensic examinations to enter the country, the Kathmandu Post reported.It comes after the Nepalese government previously rejected offers of assistance from countries also including India, China and South Korea.The Nepalese government previously rejected offers of assistance from foreign countries.Kate GeraghtyThe Kathmandu Post quoted an unnamed Nepalese official as saying its government had received “massive” pressure from the international community to allow at least search-and-rescue teams and some experts because their citizens have also gone missing in the floods.6.42amWong speaks with Nepali counterpart, offers humanitarian assistanceBy Foreign Minister Penny Wong has spoken with her Nepali counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister Shisir Khanal.Wong, in a social media post at 8pm Friday AEST, said she had conveyed “Australia’s deep condolences and support for the Nepali people”.“I affirmed that Australia stands ready to provide further humanitarian assistance including to aid rescue and recovery efforts as we work to confirm the welfare of those missing,” Wong said.5.54amIn pictures: The devastating aftermathBy An aerial view shows debris and mud covering an area in Devighat village, Nepal.Getty ImagesA muddied dog is seen inside a destroyed building.Getty ImagesDevastation in Devighat village.Getty ImagesResidents survey the damage.Getty Images5.38amNo Aussies listed among more than 100 foreign nationals rescuedBy The Nepal Tourism Board has released an update on the foreign travellers rescued following Wednesday’s devastating flash flood.In the update released at 8pm Friday AEST, the board said 121 tourists had been rescued including 85 from India, 16 from China and nine from South Korea.No Australians were listed. Three of those rescued were considered “nationality not confirmed”.“All necessary efforts are under way to rescue and evacuate injured, stranded and affected people,” the tourism board said.5.17amCaked in mud, survivors rescued from hydropower plantBy The Nepali Army has released video showing the rescue of survivors caked in mud who were trapped in the hydropower tunnel impacted by the floods.Nepal’s army has been deployed to help rescue more than 100 people believed trapped inside the tunnel that’s part of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in the country’s worst-hit district. The army said it had rescued 350 people from the tunnel so far.Like elsewhere in the disaster zone, their work was complicated by thick layers of mud that covered the site.“It is complicated to find the entry and exit points of the tunnel because everything has been covered by mud,” Army spokesperson Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet said.with AP, Reuters5.12amIn pictures: On scene in Kathmandu as families search for loved onesBy Kate GeraghtyThe Sydney Morning Herald’s chief photographer Kate Geraghty is on the ground in Kathmandu with South-East Asia correspondent Zach Hope, and has filed the below images from the scene.A woman outside the TU Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu looks at posters of people reported missing after the Nepal flood disaster.Kate GeraghtyA woman searches a list of survivors who are being treated at the TU Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.Kate GeraghtyPeople gather to look at posters of people missing in the Nepal flood disaster.Kate Geraghty5.10amRescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossingBy A Chinese rescue team reached the all-but-obliterated Gyirong border crossing complex for the first time on Friday and found “nothing but ruins”.A glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed a huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems.Surveillance camera footage from the worst-hit Gyirong border crossing complex showed huge torrents of water and debris engulfing buildings and people trying to flee.Only on Friday were rescuers able to reach that area. State media reported that the Chinese team of 21 rescuers and a search-and-rescue dog crossed mountains and valleys and used ropes to navigate forests and cliffs after roads to the complex, hemmed in by steep Himalayan slopes, were destroyed.“There was no road ... it was all virgin forest and sheer cliffs,” rescue worker Zou Mingqi said. At the complex, “as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but ruins”.Reuters1 of 2