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Summary Rescuers scoured Nepal's central Annapurna region on Sunday in search of missing people.
The officials said that the death toll has risen to 14.The Seti burst its banks near the city of Pokhara, a popular tourist hub, on Saturday, sweeping away an entire village, and swamping families enjoying picnics on the river banks.Officials said dozens of people were still missing, and that among the dead were three Ukrainian tourists who had originally been described by rescuers as Russian.One witness, named as Uddha Bahadur Gurung, described how the river had suddenly swollen with water and turned into a lethal surge.There was nothing unusual. People were enjoying picnics, some were relaxing in the hot spring pools by the river and others working, he told the Kathmandu Post.
