Posted on 04/28/2015 2:24:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
People stranded in remote villages and towns across Nepal were still waiting for aid and relief to arrive on Tuesday, four days after a devastating earthquake destroyed buildings and roads and killed more than 4,600 people.
The government has yet to assess the full scale of the damage wrought by Saturday’s 7.9 magnitude quake, unable to reach many mountainous areas despite aid supplies and personnel pouring in from around the world.
Prime minister Sushil Koirala told reporters the death toll could reach 10,000, as information of damage from far-flung villages and towns has yet to come in.
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The figure would surpass the 8,500 who died in a 1934 earthquake, the last disaster on this scale to hit the Himalayan nation.
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The head of neighbouring India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), one of the first foreign organisations to arrive in Nepal to help in the search and rescue effort, said finding survivors and the bodies of the dead would take time.
NDRF director-general OP Singh said heavy equipment could not fit through many of the narrow streets of Kathmandu.
“You have to remove all this rubble, so that will take a lot of time... I think it’s going to take weeks,” he told Indian television channel NDTV late on Monday.
Many people across Nepal slept in the open for a third night, their homes either flattened or threatened by tremors that spread more fear among a traumatised population.
In Kathmandu, as elsewhere, thousands are sleeping on pavements, roads and in parks, many under makeshift tents.
Hospitals are full to overflowing, while water, food and power are scarce, raising fears of waterborne diseases.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishtimes.com ...
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This is horrible! A long suffering people! There is a great disturbance in the Force!
Low grade steep mountain roads are probably going to be pretty broken up and hard to repair with limited equipment. A lot of people are going to be on their own.
Just heard from the second Mrs. Lurkin that the brother of one of her neighbors was at the Everest base camp when the quake hit and had to be helicoptered off.
Small world!
We plan on moving up one of our trips in the coming year or two as they will need the business. So sad to see these amazing people suffer so greatly.
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