17 Facts To Help You Comprehend The Devastation Of Nepal's Earthquake
Nepal is exhausted and is in desperate need of help. In describing the aftermath of the quake, CNN says "one of the world's most scenic spots became a panorama of devastation in minutes."
By Mei Mei Chu — 27 Apr 2015, 05:53 PM
1. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal at midday on Saturday, 25th April 2015. The earthquake epicenter hit 80km northwest of Kathmandu.
Rescue workers remove debris as they search for victims of the earthquake in the city of Bhaktapur found in the east of the Kathmandu Valley.
Image via The Daily Mail2. The initial reported death toll of 1,000 people quickly surpass 3,300 as of 27 April 2015
An elderly woman is accompanied through the street in the Bhaktapur after undergoing treatment for a head injury at one of its remaining hospitals.
Image via dailymail.co.uk3. At least 6,500 people are reportedly injured, but these numbers are still rising
Nepalis mourn the death of a relative at a mass cremation at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015.
Image via Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images4. For two days, a series of aftershocks continued to shake the country, further traumatizing the people. One aftershock recorded a magnitude of 6.7.
5. The earthquake and tremors were so powerful it could be felt as far as New Delhi and across parts of Bangladesh, Tibet region of China, and Pakistan. Deaths have been reported in India (60 fatalities) and China (17 fatalities).
Grieving women hold the hands of relatives as they lie beneath a thin white sheet in the city of Kathmandu. Makeshift funeral pyres are being set up across the city.
Image via dailymail.co.uk6. This is the first earthquake of such devastation to hit central Nepal in 81 years. In 1934, the 8.1 magnitude Nepal-Bihar earthquake killed 10,000 people.
Men ease their way around the ruins of homes in Bhaktapur, scouring the site for any survivors.
Image via dailymail.co.uk7. The quake triggered several avalanches in the landlocked mountainous country, especially at Mount Everest
Terrifying new video shows the instant a group of climbers on Mount Everest were forced to run for their lives after an avalanche was triggered by the massive earthquake. The video was captured by German Climber Jost Kobusch and posted to YouTube Sunday, showing base camp moments before and after the avalanche that killed at least 18 people on Everest and injured dozens of others.
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8. The snow swept away tents and people. 17 climbers and sherpas have been killed, 37 injured, and dozens still missing at Mount Everest. About 800 people are trapped in the base camp waiting for rescue.
Here, rescuers use a makeshift stretcher to carry an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp
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9. In the city, century-old ancient landmarks and temples in the Kathmandu Valley, which were the pride of the nation, were left to rubble. Four of it were Unesco World Heritage sites.
Before and after: The Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers in the 1800s was reduced to rubble when the earthquake struck yesterday morning.
Image via dailymail.co.uk10. In the rural areas, 80% of houses were destroyed
Flattened: Rescuers are now rushing to the rubble to find survivors and bring relief and mountainous region in Nepal which has been badly affected by Saturday's earthquake.
Image via dailymail.co.uk11. Victims were trapped under metres and metres of rubble. Rescue team had to remove the rubble brick by brick looking for survivors, some of which were pulled out from under dead bodies.
Aid workers use their hands to dig bricks from piles of rubble in Bhaktapur as more relief arrives from neighbouring countries on Sunday.
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12. With people terrified of more earthquakes, tent cities have now sprung up in Kathmandu with many feeling safer shivering in the cold Himalayan mountain air than in buildings
In the capital city, thousands are camping in the streets for fear of more tremors from the earthquake's aftershock. This morning it measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale.
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Tents are seen from an airplane window in an open field next to Tribhuwan International Airport on April 26, 2015, a day after a massive quake in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Image via Wally Santana/AP Photo13. Hospital workers had to stretch patients out onto the streets and conduct operations under makeshift tents as it was too dangerous to treat them indoors
The wounded are treated outside of Bir Hospital in the capital city of Kathmandu with medics from volunteering charities expected to arrive.
Image via dailymail.co.uk14. People are already conducting mass cremation for the victims
People burn the bodies of earthquake victims at a mass cremation at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images
Image via Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images15. Grief-stricken Nepal is now short on water, electricity, food, and medical supplies
Family members break down during the cremation of earthquake victims in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, April 26, 2015.
Image via Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo16. The international community has pledged rescue support and millions of dollars in aid packages to Nepal
The international community has also pledged support and aid packages to Nepal. The US secretary of state, John Kerry, has said the US will pledge $1m to the aid effort and will also assist with a disaster response team. Australia has also pledged a Aus$5m aid package, while India, Sri Lanka, the UK, China and others are all sending disaster response teams to assist in search and rescue.
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17. Wisma Putra has announced that no Malaysians were injured or killed in the quake. A group of climbers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) managed to survive the avalanche in Mount Everest.
Dramatic photographs from Everest basecamp in the aftermath of the Nepalese earthquake have emerged. Pictures taken by AFP's South Asia photo chief Roberto Schmidt show an enormous cloud of snow and debris cascading down the mountain as survivors recalled the horrifying moment that disaster struck on Saturday.
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"I ran and it just flattened me. I tried to get up and it flattened me again," Singapore-based marine biologist George Foulsham told AFP at base camp. "I couldn't breathe, I thought I was dead. When I finally stood up, I couldn't believe it passed me over and I was almost untouched."
Image via Robert Schmidt/AFPMore photos from Nepal:
Survivors inspect a crack in the road left in Kathmandu, Nepal, in the wake of the earthquake.
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A survivor is pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kathmandu yesterday shortly after the earthquake struck at around noon.
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As well as leveling many of Kathmandu's homes and structures, the quake also left a dust pall over the valley, doctors and witnesses said.
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People search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kathmandu Durbar Square yesterday in the immediate aftermath.
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A Nepalese woman holds the hand of her relative killed in an earthquake at a hospital, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015.
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A Nepalese man and woman hold each other in Kathmandu's Durbar Square.
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Nepalese novice Buddhist monks offer prayers for earthquake victims at the Bodhgaya Mahabodhi Temple in the Indian town of Bodhgaya on April 26, 2015.
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