Firefighter rescue team speak of Nepal earthquake work
Firefighters from Scotland who helped in the search for survivors of the Nepal earthquake have been describing the devastation. Thousands of people died in the disaster, and. I was looking forward to being able to help people and putting the.
Slideshow: Nepal earthquake: Death toll rises, relief. - KPCC
A group of people listen to news updates on a radio near Basantapur Durbar Square following an earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day.. We knew what to do, coming from California, Stiles told the BBC. There were people running out of our. (16,500 feet), when the earthquake hit. Right now, it is pretty chaotic and we try to help those injured, Pedersen wrote in an email to Danish news agency Ritzau.
As another tremor hits Nepal and North India, small towns could be more at.
The latest earthquake hit near the town of Namche Bazaar, near Mount Everest, and left at least 37 people dead and more than 1000 injured in Nepal and at least 17 dead in India, the BBC reported. These tremors come in the wake of a massive earthquake .
Dont rush to Nepal to help. Read this first | Claire Bennett.
As someone who has considered Nepal home for many years, the shock on hearing the news of the earthquake that has devastated the country was extreme. I felt pained. It is not about your love for the country and its people... setting up gofundme accounts asking grannie and everyone else they know to give THEM money so that they can travel to Nepal to help.happens every time.. I thought author was trying to say not to help them because they are muslims.
BBC grad heads home, toward another massive Nepal quake
���My main worry is that people will forget what happened in Nepal. This is going to be a long-term process for Nepal to overcome. I hope people are still encouraged to help in the months to come.��� Although their parents werent able to attend their sons.
Nepal Death Toll Tops 5,000; At Least 1.4 Million Need.
The BBC reports that 1.4 million of the 8 million people affected need food aid, citing the United Nations saying that there also are severe shortages of body bags and medical supplies. A locator map showing the epicenter of��.
Nepal quake: more than 1000 people dead after tremor near
Nepalese authorities warn death toll is likely to rise following worst quake in Himalayan nation in more than 80 years.. People tried to shift piles of rubble with their bare hands in a bid to reach survivors. Most of the buildings��.
Nepal quake: US aid planes arrive in Kathmandu
Their arrival comes as Nepals only international airport has banned larger aircraft carrying aid from landing because of concerns over its runway. More than 7,000 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. More than 14,021 people were injured.
Nepal quake: What happens to those trying to help?
A second earthquake has struck Nepal, two weeks after an initial series of quakes killed 8,000 people. At least 37 people have been killed and more than a thousand injured by the 7.3-magnitude quake, which the Nepalese government says has affected 31.
Nepal earthquake: Hundreds die, many feared trapped
A national police spokesman told the BBC that 970 people had died in the quake, and that more than 1,700 had been injured. At least 539. Rescuers are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the capital trying to reach survivors, as.
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���Everywhere there are people on the streets, people crying, people stuck in rubble, people trying to help,��� Kashish Das Shrestha, a photographer, told The New York Times. The quake caused severe damage to Vasanthapura. subtitles off. Captions. captions off. Chapters. Chapters. ABC News Australia reporter Siobhan Heanue captured a particularly dramatic scene:. NOW WATCH: Animated map shows what would happen to China if all the Earths ice melted��.
Nepal earthquake: boy saved from the rubble | World news.
Relief efforts hampered in devastated country, as UN launches emergency appeal for 8 million people affected by Saturdays 7.9 magnitude quake.. Heavy rain and aftershocks have added to the difficulty of getting aid to remote areas in Nepal, the Guardians Jason Burke reported after travelling to within 10 miles of the epicentre of the earthquake in Gorkha district. He said the main priority... Three sniffer dogs are trying to pick up the scent of those trapped. Pemba��.
In earthquake-ravaged Nepal, the BBC is using messaging.
In the aftermath of last weeks earthquake that devastated Nepal, BBC News is today launching an account on the messaging app Viber to publish news, information, and tips for staying safe as the country continues to recover. Since the earthquake, the BBC World Service and BBC Nepali Service have added additional broadcasts and are sharing information over the air and online about things like where people can get aid and updates from the government on relief��.
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BREAKING NEWS: We have detected a strong readers increase in India / Nepal / Bangladesh, which normally indicates that an earthquake was felt. Are you one of the people who felt the shaking of this earthquake ? If yes��.
Indian media facing a backlash in Nepal
Many in Nepal believe that the air force was more interested in rescuing stranded Indians rather than helping evacuate quake affected people. There were allegations that the air force planes had virtually taken control of the airport, thus slowing down.
Nepal earthquake: Stranded Britons rescued
Eight Britons stranded in a monastery in Nepal have been rescued - a week after the devastating earthquake. They were airlifted from a religious retreat, in a remote mountainside area of the country, by a team of experts using a chartered helicopter.
Nepal earthquake: Million children left out of school
Nearly a million children in Nepal will not be able to return to school in the wake of last months earthquake unless urgent action is taken, says Unicef. The international charity says nine out of 10 schools have been destroyed in the worst-affected.
Nepal Earthquake Relief - Care2 News Network
BBC News, 30 minutes ago: Nepal is on a war footing as it tries to help survivors following Saturdays earthquake, its prime minister says. Sushil Koirala said the government was doing all it could but was overwhelmed. The UN has estimated that eight million people have been affected - more than... That is the sad thing when such a disaster happens, for a lot of people, they never recover. It took 6 years before the last FEMA trailer left after Katrina and we still have,��.
Nepal Earthquake Happened Right On Schedule, Scientists.
A devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal on Saturday was part of a pattern of major temblors that have become so predictable that many seismologists had been expecting this one -- and at least.. to rupture all the way to the surface, so there is still likely to be more strain stored, and we should probably expect another big earthquake to the west and south of this one in the coming decades, Bollinger told the BBC... Leave the hyperbole to FOX NEWS.
Woman miraculously rescued from rubble alive after more than five days
The United Nations has warned that Kathmandus airport is ���swamped��� with aid containers full of food, medicines and tents, and appealed to the Nepal government to quickly distribute it to those most in need, writes Dean Nelson in New Delhi.. Mr.
Nepal quake: Airport customs holding up aid relief - UN
He has undertaken to ensure that happens, so I hope that from now we will see an improvement in those administrative issues, she told AFP news agency. The UN representative in the country, Jamie McGoldrick, said the Nepalese government should not .
Nepal earthquake: rescue continues as death toll exceeds.
���As the death toll rises and the scale of this devastating earthquake becomes evident, the UK is continuing to do everything it can to help all those affected by this tragedy. ���I have now activated the Rapid Response Facility.
Nepal earthquake: UK agencies warn of serious disease after disaster
Based on pledges, aid agencies in Nepal have already provided clean drinking water, soap, blankets and mattresses to tens of thousands of people, DEC said. One week on and the response by the UK public continues to amaze me, DEC chief executive .
Nepal earthquake: two rescued after five days in Kathmandu.
Justine Greening, the international development secretary, said: ���Conditions in Nepal are dire, but the UK is determined to do everything it can to help support Nepal and its people.��� The government said that. More news��.
Nepal earthquake death toll expected to rise sharply | World.
The death toll from Saturdays earthquake has risen to more than 3,800 as fears grow for the fate of people living in remote villages. One aid worker told the Guardian that he feared that as many as 15,000 have been killed.
Nepal earthquake: day one - as it happened | World news.
He was with his wife riding their scooter when the quake happened. They were thrown off. Its evening in Nepal now, so rescue workers are trying to get to the most vulnerable people who now have nowhere to sleep for the night. Weather forecasts say. 4.10pm BST 11:10. BBC is now putting the death toll at 970, with 539 of the victims in the Kathmandu Valley... Unicef UK has put out an appeal to help those affected by the earthquake in Nepal. Executive director��.
Nepal earthquake: British survivors arrive back in UK
Britons caught up in the Nepal earthquake have been reunited with their families after an aid flight carrying 120 people landed in the UK. There were emotional scenes as family members greeted relatives after the plane landed at Stansted Airport.
Nepal struck by catastrophic 7.9 earthquake - Lions Roar
A massive earthquake has caused death and destruction in the Kathmandu valley and beyond.. Nepal Earthquake 2015 donate how to help shechen monastery lions roar buddhism news Photo by Dr Sheelendra Shakya via BBC. [Updated May 1. Initial reports from the countrys Ministry of Home Affairs claimed the death toll to be somewhere around 100-150, but these were updated throughout the day, rising to 1,400 and continuing upward in the days following.
Nepal earthquake: tensions rise over slow pace of aid - The.
Our latest news story, which leads on growing fears over the fate of thousands of people living near the quakes epicentre, can be read here.. His parents from Maidstone, in Kent, have turned to Google Person Finder to try to track him down, BBC News reports. There is.. The ActionAid team in Nepal have been working around the clock since the earthquake struck to do all that we can to ensure that those affected receive the critical relief that they need at this time.
Benefit dinner for Nepalese earthquake victims is Wednesday night
. in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday. The international response has been slow to an appeal for emergency funds to help the millions of people hit by last months earthquake in Nepal, a U.N. official said Friday.. Edwards, who arrived back in Montana.
Nepal quake: I feel like a body without a soul
But for those such as Jhalak Bahadur the future remains uncertain. His community of low-caste Nepalis lost all their homes, and his daughter-in-law and granddaughter were killed trying to escape their collapsing house. He told the BBC he did not know.
Nepal villages in need of more than hope
Editors note: Since David Wood wrote this article, a major earthquake registering 7.3 struck eastern Nepal in the region where Wood and his son, Eli, have been assisting with aid efforts. At the time of. The BBC reported that the latest quake, two.