NEPAL - 7.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal

[LaborDayRN]

A major aftershock with an initial reading of magnitude 6.7 hit Nepal on Sunday, the day after a devastating earthquake shook the country, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Climbers on Mount Everest said they saw a new series of avalanches and rockfalls.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/26/asia/nepal-earthquake/
My heart breaks for the victims of these earthquakes. It must be so frightening to have the aftershocks just keep coming. Prayers for all involved.

 

[zwiebel]

Google executive Dan Fredinburg has been confirmed to have died of a fatal head injury on Mount Everest, following the earthquake. He is shown here with his former girlfriend (and still friend) Sophia Bush.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27989206/google-exec-killed-mt-everest-avalanche?cid=dlvr.it

 

[zwiebel]

Documentary filmmaker Tom Taplin has also died on Mount Everest. He was a Denver native, living in California.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ne...lled-mount-everest-died-doing-what-he-n348446

 

[zwiebel]

I don't know this man's name, but he's been dug out from the rubble of his house. Searchers are using their bare hands and pickaxes.

http://www.focus.de/tagesthema/erdbeben-hunderte-tote-in-nepal-nach-erdbeben_id_4639162.html

 

[Show]

Terrible tragedy. There are people all over Mount Everest climbing. Hikers are trying to reconnect the trails above and below the avalanche so people can evacuate the mountain. Still having aftershocks and avalanches. Some uninjured climbers are suffering altitude sickness. They are trying to evacuate people by helicopter. Snow and weather making it difficult. One Sherpa who survived and was rescued said many, many tents were buried in the avalanche.

Below is good website for info.

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/

 

[Show]

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite...5/04/26/rescue-runs-on-mount-everest/&lang=en

Update 13.15: An official of the Nepalese Tourism Ministry said that at least 22 bodies have been recovered in the Everest region, 17 in Base camp, five below. More than 200 people were missing in the region.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

The hunt for survivors: Nepalese officials warn death toll of devastating quake could hit 10,000 as scores of American families are among the thousands searching for those still unaccounted for

Three Americans who were on Mount Everest at the time have been confirmed dead

Avalanches were triggered by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that ripped through Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh

Up to 2,500 people have died in the disaster across the Himalayas with scores still unaccounted for in the region

Everest basecamp was buried by deadly avalanches that were sparked by the earthquake on Saturday morning

Among mountaineers to have died is American Google executive Dan Fredinburg and Dr Marisa Eve

Denver-born Tom Taplin, 61, was recording a documentary at the basecamp when the avalanche hit

The earthquake is Nepal's worst natural disaster for 81 years while Everest has never seen so many die on one day

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-searching-unaccounted-for.html#ixzz3YQwgeMqb

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

The tiny gap between life and death: Entombed alive with the body of his friend, Nepal earthquake victim is finally pulled free as death toll rises to 2,500

The earthquake survivor was pulled from rubble of his home in Swyambhu in the Kathmandu Valley on Sunday

He had been stuck with the lifeless body of his friend after the building they were in collapsed around them

In the Nepalese capital city of Kathmandu the bodies of hundreds killed have been laid out in the street

Rescue teams are frantically using their hands to dig out survivors as aid relief from neighbouring India arrives

As many as 18 climbers on Mount Everest were killed when base camp was swallowed by avalanche on Saturday

More bodies are being pulled from destruction in cities 'by the hour' as the death toll continues to rise


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...istoric-19th-century-tower.html#ixzz3YQxPBqne

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Reduced to ruins: Startling images from Nepal earthquake epicenter reveal entire hillside villages have been flattened as rescuers rush to save survivors and officials say the death toll is now 2,500 and rising

Entire hillside villages in the Gorkha region of the country have been flattened by Saturdays earthquake

The scale of disaster was seen in capital city Kathmandu whose historic temples were reduced to rubble by quake

Bodies of thousands of people buried alive in their homes have been laid in the street by their hysterical relatives

Rescue teams are frantically using their hands to dig out survivors as aid relief from neighbouring India arrived

As many as 18 people climbers on Mount Everest were killed when base camp was swallowed by avalanche

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...bodies-dead-lining-streets.html#ixzz3YQy9SgxX

 

[MsFacetious]

Wow.
It's beyond comprehension really.

New avalanches hamper rescue efforts on Mount Everest after Nepal quake

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/26/asia/nepal-earthquake-mount-everest-avalanches/index.html

They did find one missing Canadian alive (Vanessa) and just unable to make contact.

 

[Show]

Stuck on Everest with no where to go. Sean Wisedale and his team on Everest.

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?source=http://seanwisedale.com/blog/?p=3983&lang=en

Where to now? After yesterdays horrific shake up and horrific avalanche we are on highly tenterhooks. This afternoon the team had a discussion about our options. Shortly afterwards we again felt the earth shake. We all ran into the centre of the camp rotating in all directions to try and see from where the rocks and avalanche would come from and to try to find a suitable shield. It’s so unstable now that rock fall and minor avalanches occur consistently. It’s the big thundering monsters we are frightened of – like yesterdays.

You might ask why we don’t get the hell out of dodge? We could but there is nowhere to go that is any safer than were we are right now.

 

[i.b.nora]

CNN just showed raw uncut video of the avalanche hitting the base camp. I wish they wouldn't bleep out the language.

 

[Fifth Avenue]

Those who have traveled there say Nepalese very kind and humble people.
Also, tourists say after quake there has been no crime and looting.

1 million kids require urgent humanitarian assistance via UNICEF

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_81696.html



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[zwiebel]

Tweeted earlier today. Photographer is okay.

Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 7:51am - 26 Apr 15:

AFP photographer Roberto Schmidt, at base camp on Everest when the quake struck, has sent back his first pictures pic.twitter.com/4aQSaVqyRH (https://twitter.com/AFP/status/592280921803333632?s=17)

 

[Show]

Canadian team is safe. Footage of the avalanche hitting base camp as someone was filming. The person filming was knocked down by the avalanche but continued to film. Scroll down a little for the film.

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite...thquake-canadians-safe-after-tragedy/&lang=en

 

[zwiebel]

Those who have traveled there say Nepalese very kind and humble people.
Also, tourists say after quake there has been no crime and looting.

1 million kids require urgent humanitarian assistance via UNICEF

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_81696.html

A well-known author of a book on Kathmandu who is in the country has been tweeting about possible looting. He's being asked by media for an interview so there may be a media link soon.

Thomas Bell (@BellThomasBell) tweeted at 3:03pm - 26 Apr 15:

A friend says he has confirmed that '****s' are controlling Patan durbar. Who are these guys? (I see lots of idle police round town.) (https://twitter.com/BellThomasBell/status/592313029397585920?s=17)

ETA: The word censored automatically by WS is not offensive, I don't think? T h u g s?

 

[SStarr33]

CNN just showed raw uncut video of the avalanche hitting the base camp. I wish they wouldn't bleep out the language.

Here is the un-bleeped video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JC_wIWUC2U

 

[fabvab]

Parents from Tulsa, Ok are anxiously awaiting any communication from their young son who has been volunteering in Nepal. The son, Chris, sent them an email just 4 minutes before the quark hit. How sad. Praying for him and the family.

http://www.newson6.com/story/28902928/tulsa-family-awaits-word-from-son-in-nepal-after-deadly-earthquake

 

[zwiebel]

All day yesterday I could see family desperately searching and asking on twitter about a missing Boston Doctor, Carol Pineda, and her husband Michael McDonald. Media would NOT pick up the story though (I did try) and so I couldn't share it here.

Finally though, there's a mention in the Boston Globe. Found safe in Nepal.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...ston-vigil/MSxEWbNx993a1mZXN0xHaN/story.html#

 

[KaaBoom]

Avalanche Hits Everest Base Camp

[video=youtube;_JC_wIWUC2U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JC_wIWUC2U#t=41[/video]