Nepal flash floods LIVE updates: Heavy rain forecast in flood-affected areas threaten to disrupt rescue ops.; death toll crosses 620

Nepal's flash flood death toll has crossed six hundred twenty, with more than two thousand four hundred people still missing, The Hindu reports. Heavy rain forecast in the affected areas threatens to disrupt ongoing rescue operations. Chinese authorities say the risk of a glacial lake bursting near the border disaster site is waning.

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