More rain hampers Nepal flood rescue efforts as search enters day 4

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JON: RESCUERS S ARE ON HIGH ALET. IN NEPAL WHERE MORE FLOODS COULD. HIT THE REGION. CREWS ARE STILL SEARCHING. THROUGH THICK MUD AND DEBRIS. AFTER CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODS. DEVASTATED THE AREA THIS WEEK. ABOUT 90 AMERICANS ARE AMONG THE. THOUSANDS STILL MISSING. TIFFANY BENNETT IS IN LONDON. WITH THE LATHES -- STEPHANIE. >> Reporter: RELATIVES ARE. ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR MORE. INFORMATION, BUT TIME IS.

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TICKING. AS YOU MENTIONED, MORE RAIN IS. ON ITS WAY. IT IS MONSOON SEASON, AND. THERE'S GROWING FEARS OVER. WATER-BORNE DISEASES. A QUICK WARNING TO OUR VIEWERS, SOME OF THESE VIDEOS ARE. GRAPAPHIC. IT'S BEEN, OF COURSE, FOUR DAYS. SINCE WEDNESDAY'S DEADLY FLASH. FLOOD THROUGH CHINA AND NEPAL. ALONG THE HIMALAYAN BORDER. SCIENTISTS SAY THE DISASTER WAS. TRIGGERED BY A GLACIER COLLAPSE. WHICH CAUSED WAVES OF ICE, ROCK.

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AND DEBRIS HURTLING THROUGH THE. MOUNTAIN SYSTEM. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED TODAY. BECAUSE HEAVY RAIN AND FOG. AUTHORITIES ARE WATCHING TWO. LAKES UPSTREAM IS, ONE OF WHICH. WAS OVERFLOWING AT TIMES THE. LAST FEW DAYS. OF IT'S STILL MONSOON SEASON, SO. LOTS OF RAIN TO COME. NEWLY RELEASED FIGURES SAY 669. PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN NEPAL AND. 7 IN TIBET. BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, NEARLY 3,000 REMAIN MISSING. INCLUDING 90 AMERICANS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS 5 HAVE.

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MADE THEIR WAY TO SAFETY. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS. OFFERED U.S. SUPPORT. SONNY PATEL TOLD FOX NEWS HIS. FATHER IS AMONG THE MISSING. >> I WATCHED THE VIDEO, AND I. JUST THOUGHT OF HOW HORRIFIC IT. WAS. AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY. 30 SECONDS LATER IT REGISTERED. THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, AND. I TEXTED MY MOM, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS HOPING THAT WE HADN'T. SEEN THE VIDEO BUT, OF COURSE, IT WAS SO VIRAL BY THEN. YEAH, MY MOM RESPONDED AND SAID. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS.

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>> Reporter: AND NEPAL'S. FINANCE MINISTER SAYS IT'S GOING. TO TAKE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS TO REBUILD THESE AREAS. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE RED. CROSS TODAY WHO SAY IT'S TAKING. A LONG TIME TO GET AID TO THESE. VERY FAR-REACHED AREAS, AND. THEY'RE HAVING TO USE 4X4s TO. GET IT.