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It has been five days since the massive floods struck Nepal. With the death and missing toll surpassing 3,600, rescue operations are facing severe disruptions, repeatedly coming to a halt due to fears of secondary floods and worsening weather conditions.

Reporter Jang Min-seong has the details.

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The Trishuli region in Nepal, which suffered the heaviest damage from these floods, is completely buried in gray mud.

Residents who stepped up to help with recovery efforts search through the debris for usable items or clothing, but there is very little left.

[Flood-hit Village Resident: What am I feeling right now? Looking at all of this, it feels like the world has ended. What is left? It feels as though I am dead.]

The combined death toll reported from China and Nepal has risen to 682, with the number of missing approaching 3,000.

Nine South Koreans, including six employees of Doosan Enerbility and three employees of Korea South-East Power who were working on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant, remain out of contact.

Rescue helicopter operations have been suspended at times due to inclement weather. Furthermore, search and recovery efforts are failing to gain momentum as collapsed glaciers and debris have blocked river channels, creating massive lakes that raise fears of secondary flood damage.

[Sisir Kumar Kandel / Nepalese Foreign Minister: The flood risk downstream is continuously being monitored. We remain on high alert against the risk of additional flooding.]

While the death toll continues to rise, hospitals across Nepal are facing immense difficulties due to a shortage of morgue space and delays in identity verification.

The Nepalese government, which initially refused foreign assistance, has changed its stance to accept help limited to DNA testing and forensic investigations.

The four countries approved to dispatch support personnel are South Korea, India, China, and Australia.

Doosan Group Chairman Park Jeong-won has arrived in Nepal to support the search and rescue operations at the site where company employees are missing.

(Video by Seol Chi-hwan and Kang Si-woo | Video Editing by Park Chun-bae)