Four more Australians have been confirmed safe after the Nepal-Tibet flood, with the number of unaccounted-for Australians revised down to 38.
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Four more Australians have been confirmed safe in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster.
Thirty-eight Australians remain unaccounted-for, with five citizens now located safe since yesterday morning. One of them was in Nepal, another in China, and three were found outside the crisis location.
The ABC understands those confirmed safe today had not had contact with families and next of kin since the disaster struck, and their welfare could not initially be confirmed.
A Royal Australian Air Force plane deployed yesterday with humanitarian and disaster relief supplies is due to arrive in Nepal at 10am local time today.
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