death toll
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The trauma of Wednesday's catastrophe has been "enormous", and as many as 93,000 people may have been affected, the Red Cross said, with the death toll expected to rise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Human Rights Activists News Agency puts the death toll in Iran at 3,636.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It forms part of rescue efforts being carried out across the country in the wake of the deadly flood as local police said the Nepal death toll reached 475 on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The statement gave a death toll of 14, who according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were all infants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Just as it's difficult to count the Motherland’s complete death toll, it’s difficult to verify exactly how many Soviet airwomen were killed during the Great Patriotic War.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
