Death toll from Nepal-China floods tops 1,000

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The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China has surpassed 1,000 as rescue teams work to reach communities cut off by the disaster. Nepal’s disaster agency said on Tuesday that 987 deaths had been recorded in the country, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths in Tibet in their latest update on Sunday. The combined death toll now stands at 1,003,