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‘I don’t know what to tell our 7-year-old daughter’: Husband of S’pore woman missing in Nepal floods

At least nine Singaporeans have been reported missing in the deadly floods.

Floods and landslides swept through parts of central Nepal and Tibet on Aug 26.

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