Nepal Earthquake

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Reuters photographers are in Nepal to bring you pictures of the devastation caused by Saturday's massive earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. To view the photos, CLICK here

by Reuters_david.lalmalsawma 4/27/2015 9:17:08 AM
FLASH: Number of dead in Nepal earthquake reaches 3,726 people - home ministry official

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 9:22:10 AM
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by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 9:29:45 AM
Huge queues at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, with tourists and residents desperate to get a flight out.

Rama Bahadur, an Indian woman who works in Nepal's capital.
I'm willing even to sell the gold I'm wearing to buy a ticket, but there is nothing available

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 10:36:12 AM
Meanwhile, India's National Cadet Corps is planning to mobilise its cadets to organize mock drills in various schools to minimise damage in case of any earthquake.

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 11:52:57 AM
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed parliament that the government has asked Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to set up relief camps along the border for people coming in by road.

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:05:58 PM
Earlier in the morning today -
To all those saying #ThankYouPM- appreciate the sentiment…real thanks should be to our great culture, which teaches us 'Seva Parmo Dharma'.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 27, 2015

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:07:57 PM
PM Modi's series of tweets thanking his countrymen, the armed forces as well as the people of Nepal came after "#ThankYouPM" became the No. 1 trend on Twitter India. He even thanked the media for its coverage of the earthquake.

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:11:50 PM
#IndiawithNepal More details on India's relief and rescue efforts to Nepal under #OperationMaitri pic.twitter.com/Lv2Wgbm52L
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) April 27, 2015

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 12:13:36 PM
Heart in #Nepal today. Met wonderful people there 4 wks ago. I'm giving to Oxfam, pls join me http://t.co/7R2fgCdt0o pic.twitter.com/inXM2SjzQo
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 26, 2015

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 12:19:21 PM
According to the U.N. Financial Tracking Service, $5.7 million in funds for Nepal has been received so far with Britain the biggest donor, followed by the United States and Japan.

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 12:20:32 PM
Aid groups, celebrities seek funds for Nepal quake; experts urge caution
Reuters IndiaLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Governments, aid
agencies and celebrities on Monday intensified a push for funding to
help survivors of a deadly earthquake in Nepal as the risks posed by a
lack of food, water and shelter escalated hourly. Read more here.

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 12:23:05 PM
Source: Home Ministry. Total casualties: 67

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:26:22 PM
Latest information from India's ministry of defence says the Indian Army has set up a task force headquarters in Nepal capital Kathmandu.

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:49:43 PM
India's Ministry of defence statement: Helicopters are being employed to evacuate people from inaccessible areas and adhoc helipads are being constructed at remote and inaccessible areas.

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:51:56 PM
Also, the Indian Army expedition team located at Mount Everest Base Camp continues to
assist in evacuation and rendering medical aid to the needy.

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 12:56:56 PM
FLASH: New tremors felt in northeast India, strength measured at 5.1 by USGS

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 1:00:27 PM
#NepalEarthquake IAF shifts out MI 17 helicopters from Kathmandu airport to a nearby place to reduce congestion: DefSecy RK Mathur

by Sitanshu Kar via twitter 4/27/2015 1:24:14 PM
PM has donated one month's salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, for assistance to those affected by the recent earthquake.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 27, 2015

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 1:25:17 PM
Please direct all your #NepalQuakeRelief queries to us. We will do our best to help.
— Nepal Embassy, India (@EONIndia) April 27, 2015

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 1:29:54 PM
Foreign Minister of Spain, Jose Manuel Garcia, has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked for India’s assistance in evacuating Spanish nationals from Nepal

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 1:36:15 PM
#NepalEarthquake : Roughly 5,400 Indians brought back so far, says Foreign Secy.
— PIB India (@PIB_India) April 27, 2015

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 1:42:08 PM
India death toll revised
72 casualties in India so far: Home Secretary #NepalEarthquake
— PIB India (@PIB_India) April 27, 2015

by shashank.chouhan 4/27/2015 1:49:29 PM
#NepalEarthquake First pictures of the rescue and relief operations mounted by India in Nepal-1. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDmrBpZXIAAKNwj.jpg

by Sitanshu Kar via twitter 4/27/2015 2:12:51 PM
Thanks everyone for joining us on the LIVE blog. For more updates from Nepal, please visit in.reuters.com

by Tony Tharakan 4/27/2015 2:29:41 PM
Latest screengrab from USGS website shows aftershocks of 6.3 and 5.6 magnitude after the 7.3 one.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:06:02 AM
Location of the latest quake and aftershocks in Nepal

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:08:54 AM
No immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Residents in the Indian town of Siliguri, near the border with Nepal, said chunks of concrete fell off one or two buildings.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:10:45 AM
People in Kathmandu, panic-stricken after the April 25 quake, rushed outdoors, Reuters reporters said.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:11:18 AM
Parents could be seen clutching children tightly and hundreds of people were frantically trying to call relatives on their mobile phones.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:11:38 AM
Shopkeepers closed their shops and the streets were jammed with people rushing to check on their families.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:11:46 AM
I'm heading straight home

Bishal Rai, a man in his 20s, saying he is trying to contact his family north of Kathmandu.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:13:20 AM
JUST IN: Buildings collapse in Chautara, Nepal, after quake. Injured brought to hospital - NGO tweets citing local staff

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:13:51 AM
Please stay in open field, help us make free road, do not make phone nw busy. SMS is suggested.

by Nepal Police via twitter 5/12/2015 8:15:06 AM
JUST IN: Bodies being brought out of buildings in Nepali town of Chautara - U.N. agency says in tweet

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:22:07 AM
JUST IN: Three major landslides reported in Nepal's Sindhupalchowk region, at least 12 injured - district official

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:23:00 AM
BREAKING: International agency confirms newest earthquake killed at least 4 in Nepal town of Chautara

by The Associated Press via twitter 5/12/2015 8:27:47 AM
Latest screengrab from USGS website on today's quakes

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:29:19 AM
JUST IN: Four people dead in Chautara, Nepal, after quake destroys several buildings - aid group

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:36:49 AM
by Flightradar24 via twitter 5/12/2015 8:37:26 AM
Buildings down, bodies recovered in Chautara, Nepal. More details here

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:39:44 AM
Homes that tilted after the April 25 earthquake are crumbling in Lalitpur countryside, according to local radio station - Nepali Times

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 8:43:21 AM
JUST IN: Nepal earthquake kills one man in neighbouring Bihar - state official

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 9:00:16 AM
Anybody to Update about Barhbise, Sindhupalchok please

by Gautam Nepal 5/12/2015 9:01:45 AM
The latest earthquake has left us shaken. I am still trembling

Diwakar Koirala, a district official in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal.

by Tony Tharakan 5/12/2015 9:09:53 AM

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