Kathmandu - Nepal's devastating earthquake has killed more than 1450 people. The number of victims continues to grow to this day.
As reported by Reuters news agency on Saturday (25/04/2015) at least 1,400 people were reported killed as a result of the magnitude 7.9 quake. The quake also knocked down a historic tower in the city of Kathmandu.
Reportedly, the earthquake has also made the area on the slopes become isolated. because the great shocks make sliding of snow on Mount Everest.
Until now, Nepal government still difficult to ask for help from other countries. Fortunate, India which is located very close to Nepal immediately send medical assistance using military aircraft.
A police official said the death toll in Nepal has reached 1,450, more than half of them are the Kathmandu Valley. In addition, also reportedly no climber on Mount Everest who died because of avalanches quake.
The humanitarian aid group Oxfam said it was sending a team of technical experts from Britain to provide clean water, sanitation and emergency food supplies.
"Communication is currently very difficult," said Cecilia Keizer, Oxfam country director in Nepal. "Telephone lines are down and the electricity has been cut off, making charging mobile phones difficult. The water is also cut off."
Keizer said the quake had destroyed many of Katmandu's old houses and that at least one large apartment block had collapsed.
"People are gathered in their thousands in open spaces and are scared, as there have been several aftershocks," she said.
Pushpa Das, a laborer, ran from his house when the first quake struck but could not escape a collapsing wall that injured his arm.
"It was very scary. The earth was moving … I am waiting for treatment but the (hospital) staff is overwhelmed," he said, gingerly holding his right arm with his left hand. As he spoke, dozens of people showed up with injuries, mostly from falling bricks.
In Winchester, Va,, Kriti Hada, a 20-year-old nursing student from Nepal who is attending Shenandoah University, said her sister in Nepal managed to get through by phone.
Although she, her mother and another sister were unhurt, they were frightened by the intensity and duration of the aftershocks, which are continuing, Hada said.
Hada said her relatives, like hundreds of others who survived the initial quake, were remaining out of doors until the seismic activity ceases. "We have very limited open spaces and they are surrounded by tall buildings that are also fragile," Hada said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting of top government officials to review the damage and disaster preparedness in parts of India that felt strong tremors. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offered "all possible help" that Nepal may need.
Within hours, an Indian Air Force C-130 landed at at Katmandu's airport with 39 disaster relief workers and 3.5 metric tons of supplies, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.
A senior mountaineering guide, Ang Tshering, said an avalanche swept the face of Everest after the earthquake, and government officials said at least 30 people were injured.
Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said the avalanche apparently occurred between the Khumbu Icefall, a rugged area of collapsed ice and snow, and the base camp, where most climbing expeditions have their main camps.
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