Posted on 04/26/2015 5:58:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Relief efforts in Nepal are intensifying after more than 2,000 people were killed in the worst earthquake there in more than 80 years.
Rescue missions and aid material have started arriving in the country.
Seventeen people have been killed on Mount Everest by avalanches - the mountain's worst-ever disaster.
Meanwhile a powerful aftershock was felt on Sunday in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, and more avalanches were reported near Everest.
The 6.7-magnitude tremor, centred 60km (40 miles) east of Nepal's capital Kathmandu, sent people running in panic for open ground in the city.
As military helicopters hovered over Kathmandu and ferried relief supplies to victims of the earthquake in western Nepal, search and rescue efforts were going on in at least five locations in Kathmandu.
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So very tragic. I’ve read of early rescue missions in progress, being planned and staged from all over. As horrible as it is, evidence of the best of people is already being reported. One of my favorites, Team Rubicon, has sent notification to their volunteers as soon as they are cleared to go. Herculean tasks await.
Continental collisions can get petty nasty.
Prayers for all the suffering, and relief teams.
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