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[^3]\n\nNepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khadka stated that Nepal has not requested any financial compensation from India, China, or the United States. [^4]\n\nInsurance claims filed in Nepal for the 26 August floods total about $171 million. [^5]\n\nThe 26 August floods in Nepal left a reconstruction bill estimated at $4-5 billion. [^6]\n\nThe number of missing people is estimated at 4,875. [^7]\n\nRescuers said that hundreds more workers remain trapped in dozens of hydropower projects buried across the area by the flash flooding. [^8]\n\nNepal's primary appeal is for international cooperation to understand and address the effects of climate change in the Himalayan region. [^9]\n\nRescue operations successfully retrieved the two individuals from the tunnel after the nine-day duration. [^10]\n\nThe incident occurred in Nepal, where severe flooding led to the workers' entrapment. [^11]\n\nNepal's Finance Minister called the $4-5 billion reconstruction estimate preliminary. 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