Nepal Continued
Both the Australian and Canadian media are following the story closely and providing slightly more up-to-date information than the other news outlets.
The aftershocks are really rattling people’s nerves and keeping them outside, away from the structures that still exist. This is coupled with logistics problems that are hampering the distribution of relief supplies to the population.
There is only one international airport in Nepal and it is overwhelmed. Many of the staff at the airport are missing, and the airport shuts down when there are aftershocks. Search and rescue teams, and other specialists are stuck at airports in surrounding countries waiting for flights in. They really need helicopters and air drops of supplies.
The current count on the dead is over 4000, but there are many areas with which there has been no communication since the quake.
April 27, 2015 4 Comments
