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Nepal: Search Continues for Missing Hydropower Workers as Flood Fatalities Top 900

Nepal Flood: 903Search Dead,Continues 4,247for Missing, $4BHydropower inWorkers Lossesas Flood Fatalities Top 900

Is climate stress a root cause of this disaster or are poor international development choices to blame?
Nepal: Search Continues for Missing Hydropower Workers as Flood Fatalities Top 900
Above: Rescue operations transitioned to search and retrieval efforts in Devighat, Nepal, following flash floods on Aug. 29. Image credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

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