Candles, Grief and Hope: Australian Nepalese Community Responds to Catastrophe
Expatriates and supporters have gathered in Hurstville and lit candles, remembering the dead and hoping the missing will be recovered.
Members of Australia’s Nepalese community gathered in Sydney to mourn victims of an Aug. 26 avalanche in Nepal and Tibet. The disaster’s immense scale, with water walls up to 440 feet high, has complicated efforts to determine a definitive death toll. Current estimates place the dead at 987, with 3,916 missing, while the Chinese Communist Party faces accusations of withholding information.
- Australian Nepalese community held a vigil in Sydney for avalanche victims.
- The disaster occurred on Aug. 26 in Nepal and Tibet.
- Water walls from the avalanche were estimated to be up to 440 feet high.
- Nepal’s NDRRMA estimates 987 dead and 3,916 missing.
- The Chinese Communist Party is accused of not raising alarms and withholding the death toll in Tibet.
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