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A man and child wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. The devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday is now blamed for at least 4,000 deaths.
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A helicopter was used to try to rescue people from Camps 1 and 2 at Everest Base Camp. The quake also triggered a massive avalanche that buried climbers on Mount Everest, killing more than a dozen people.
At least 4,400 people are confirmed dead in three countries following Saturday’s earthquake just outside Kathmandu, Nepal, the Associated Press reports.
“A Nepal police official says at least 4,352 bodies have so far been recovered after last week’s massive earthquake that struck just outside the capital of Kathmandu.
“Deputy Inspector General of Police Komal Singh Bam says the toll includes 1,176 bodies recovered in Sindhupalchuk district, just northeast of the capital.
“He says 8,063 people have been injured in the magnitude 7.8 quake.”
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR
The U.S. State Department confirmed late Monday that four Americans were among those killed in the earthquake, all at an avalanche-struck Mount Everest base camp including a Colorado-based documentary filmmaker and a Google executive, the AP reported.
The BBC reports, via the United Nations, that 1.4 million of the 8 million people affected are in need of food aid, and that there also are severe shortages of body bags and medical supplies.
Meanwhile, Reuters reports Nepalis including Pradip Subba of Kathmandu — frustrated with a lack of aid so far — continue to sift through the rubble by themselves.
” ‘Our hands are the only machine right now,’ said the 27-year-old, part of a group of locals pulling out blocks of concrete with cloth masks over their faces to ward off the stench of rotting bodies. ‘There is just no one from the government or the army to help us.’ “
USAID has provided a list of recommended nongovernmental organizations that can take donations to assist those affected by the earthquake.