Unidentified bodies to be buried early: How Nepal will preserve an identification trail alive

Nepal will preserve DNA samples and other identifying information from victims whose bodies cannot be identified before their remains are buried, Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Saturday, as authorities continued searching for nearly 3,000 people missing after a devastating flood in the Himalayan region.

The death toll from the Nepal-Tibet disaster has crossed 680, with at least 669 people killed in Nepal and seven in China's Tibet, according to authorities cited in the background report.