At least 71 killed as 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal

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BREAKING NEWS – At least 71 people died after a powerful magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Nepal’s capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley around noon Saturday, Nepal's Home Ministry says.

Sky News also reports that at least 50 people are trapped underneath rubble of the city’s iconic Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu’s landmarks built by Nepal’s royal rulers in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognized historical monument.

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This is all the equipment that this poor nation has to dig through the rubble....human hands.

My prayer: God help these people.

[caww]

Updates:

......As of 3 p.m. Nepali Time - Total death toll 2288, injured 5850...... 17 dead at Everest base camp

.....All Mt. Everest climbers that survived are safe.

.....Israel Air Force helicopters are flying almost non-stop since this morning.... The plan is to drop relief supplies in worst affected valleys in case landing is not possible

[caww]

There’s many obstacles to getting equipment and aid to the people...they’re having ‘terrible’ and frequent after shocks, enough to have closed the airport for several hours temporarily, the roads are in bad condition or blocked, and it does take lots of time to corridinate this when you have many nations bringing in aid and equipment.....not to mention having to carve out ways to the equipment in where needed...additionally it’s a rugged terrain to navigate.

This should tell us all that in a crisis of this magnitude it takes time to get to people and you’re really on your own for a while.

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Pakistan sending 4 aircraft carrying a 30-bed field hospital, 2,000 meals, 200 tents & 600 blankets

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Dhading where people preparing to sleep outdoors for a second night

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M'sia to deploy 46 members from SMART team, Red Crescent & Mercy M'sia to Nepal tomorrow via RMAF aircraft

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Man bound in rubble since Sat. is rescued

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Another view as the avalanch was barreling down

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Israel (IDF) mission to Nepal to depart

260 strong medical, Search & Rescue

Full Field Hospital'....

If this is anything like what they set up in Haiti it will surely be a God Send for the people in Nepal

[caww]

Racing against time! ....if these Nepal storms come will affect rescue efforts...... Combination of rain, snow (above 3000m) aftershocks could increase avalanche/landslides.

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If the storms come it will make further mess of the dust and rubble...not to mention the people still buried and alive waiting for rescue

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You might not be able to reach your friends...just so you know the following alert :

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Rescuers battle landslide debris to deliver relief supplies in quake-hit Nyalam County, SW China's Tibet...as Nepals earthquake reached there

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Things are going to get really hairy in Nepal if these storms roll in.....they already have so many obstacles to aid reaching the people...all they need is landslides and downpours!

Anytime anyone has to go thru natures forces it can be an ordeal..sorry you had to experience that but you have a general idea what it is like for the people there.

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Rescuers working to reopen section of China-Nepal highway cut off by quake-triggered landslide

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Rescue workers in Tibet

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Earthquake makes some roads impassible