New details have emerged alongside the previous update: family and friends of Michael Keats, another Australian hiker still missing in Nepal, gathered on a beach on the New South Coast on Sunday to pray for his safe return, with dozens tearfully embracing as they awaited news. Meanwhile, further details emerged of Cara Severino's rescue, the only missing Australian located so far after the deadly flash flood struck the Langtang region on Wednesday, offering a rare moment of relief amid a disaster that has killed hundreds and left dozens of Australians unaccounted for.

Severino, 26, from Wollongong, made contact with Australian authorities on Friday and was collected by an embassy team from a national park on Sunday, having spent days travelling by tractor with a group of fellow hikers she credited with saving her. She thanked her Nepalese and international companions by name and expressed sympathy for local families who lost loved ones and entire villages, including one hiker she passed who had lost his whole family. Nepal Police confirmed 768 deaths as of 7pm Sunday (AEST), with almost 3,000 people still missing, including at least 42 Australians. Severino's parents, Debbie and Frank, called her rescue a "miracle" and thanked Australian consular teams, while awaiting her return home.