Nepal Earthquake and Everest Avalanches Kill 2,500 + People With HUGE Aftershocks...
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Nepal hit by 6.7 magnitude aftershock after huge 7.9 magnitude earthquake and Everest avalanche left more than 2,500 people dead
The Telegraph UK, 26 April 2015
In this photograph taken on 25 April, 2015, rescuers tend to a sherpa injured by an avalanche that flattened parts of Everest Base Camp Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP
7.47 GMT
Unicef have said that at least 940,000 children in areas affected by the earthquake are in "urgent need" of humanitarian assistance. Unicef staff reported dwindling water supplies, power shortages and communications breakdowns.
A mother tends to her daughter, injured in Nepal's recent earthquake, at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (Unicef)
17.13 GMT
Members of the Chinese International Search and Rescue Team arrive at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu (Rex)
15.52 GMT
India has dispatched 13 military aircraft to Nepal loaded with tonnes of food, blankets and other aid, stepping up relief efforts to its earthquake-devastated neighbour.
Indian foreign secretary S. Jaishankar said the transport planes were carrying disaster management experts along with medical supplies and other relief material desperately needed in the wake of Saturday's deadly quake.
"We expect to have 13 military aircraft going to Kathmandu.... Five of these have landed while the others are on their way. By late evening (Sunday) we expect all 13 to land," Jaishankar told a briefing in New Delhi.
India's assistance is part of a massive aid effort that has started pouring into Nepal following the quake that has claimed more than 2,500 lives.
14.38 GMT
Pope Francis has led prayers in St. Peter's Square for the dead and displaced in Nepal and surrounding areas.
The Pope called for assistance for the survivors during his weekly Sunday blessing. He said he was praying for the victims, the injured and "all those who are suffering from this calamity," and asked that they have the "support and fraternal solidarity" they need.
Nepalese people gather to cremate their family members who died in the earthquake in Bhaktapur AP
The Vatican secretary of state sent a formal telegram of condolences seeking to encourage rescue crews and comfort the survivors on Saturday.
14.26 GMT
A Nepalese man cries as he walks through the earthquake debris in Bhaktapur (AP)
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