Kathmandu, Apr 27: Rains and fresh tremors tonight added misery in Nepal hampering rescuers from wading through tonnes of rubble of flattened homes and buildings to look for survivors of the earthquake that has killed over 2,500 people, including five Indians, and left more than 6,000 others injured.With no electricity, Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, […]
Johannesburg : South African’s rescue and relief organisation ‘Gift of the Givers’ is ready to go to Nepal with specialised equipment to provide assistance after the powerful earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people. ”Gift of the Givers is ready to respond; the restricting factors being the closure of Kathmandu Airport to commercial flights, the […]
Kathmandu, Apr 26: Death toll in Nepal due to the devastating earthquake that hit the country, today rose to 1,807 with over 1,000 casualties in Kathmandu Valley alone. A 7.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the Himalayan nation yesterday followed by several aftershocks and left a trail of death and destruction, flattening houses and buildings, including the iconic […]
MOUNT EVEREST, NEPAL: Helicopters airlifted injured climbers off Mount Everest today after an avalanche killed at least 17 people, an AFP team at the scene reported, as images of the disaster showed a terrifying cloud of snow roaring towards base camp.Six helicopters landed at base camp in Nepal, the agency’s Kathmandu bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly […]
San Francisco, Apr 26: A Google executive and self-described adventurer was among 10 people killed at a Mount Everest base camp in an avalanche triggered by a major Nepal earthquake yesterday, the company and his family said. Dan Fredinburg was killed in the avalanche that buried parts of the base camp where hundreds of mountaineers […]