Six days ago, a massive flash flood descended like an avalanche through villages and towns on the Nepal-Tibet border, sweeping away homes, roads and bridges.
Hundreds of people are dead and thousands are missing, including 43 Australians.
Joining us today is South-East Asia correspondent Zach Hope, who is reporting from the disaster zone in Nepal.

Background reading:

• ‘I must look for my sons’: A farmer’s extraordinary survival in Nepal

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