Koirala announced that since the 28th, Nepal was held three days of national mourning in memory of the earthquake victims.
Some relief has yet to open up the road
Nepal's Ministry of the Interior, head of the national disaster response Danjia Er 28, told AFP reporters, earthquake death toll has risen to 5057 people, in addition to more than 1 million people known to be injured. India and China in Tibet, respectively, 61 and 25 people were killed in the quake. In addition, the strong earthquake spread to Everest, triggering an avalanche, some climbers were buried in the camp, causing at least 18 people were killed.
Local officials Wu Defu Bhattarai said the area north of the capital Kathmandu 28 noon landslides, causing up to 250 people missing.
Ministry of the Interior in charge of the National Disaster Management Authority Dan Garr said that some villages near the capital Kathmandu, rescue workers have not yet arrived in the area began once search and rescue work, the death toll could surge.
The Associated Press reported that three days after the earthquake, rescuers have not opened up a number of rescue road leading to mountain villages. In the Gurkha region, earthquake triggered landslides blocking many roads and railways.
Kathmandu move 3m because of the earthquake
According to the University of Cambridge in structural geology expert James Jackson introduced, according to a preliminary analysis of the seismic data acquired after the sound waves from the earthquake, Kathmandu 3 meters may move south. Kathmandu in the Indian Ocean due to tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate in the middle of the fault, the two plates are constantly being squeezed, the upper part of the fault rocks in terms relative to the lower rocks continued southward. Moreover, on the 25th of strong earthquakes also make Kathmandu lifted about half a meter, and its northernmost might sink the same magnitude.
Civil rescue teams dug for survivors
Nepal after the earthquake, multivessel Chinese rescue team rushed to the earthquake-stricken folk involved in the rescue work. Recently, the Seawolf rescue teams, rescue teams and Nepal Blue Leopard troops dug two people who are buried in collapsed buildings in Kathmandu a residential area, one of whom has died.
26, Kathmandu second aftershocks occurred after members of the public to inform the rescue team in Kathmandu Tamil areas place a collapse of survivors, rescue teams survey started 26 evening after the rescue.
According Seawolf bat rescue team members introduced a four-story building collapsed building, located at the narrow roadway collapsed, large mining equipment can not enter. "Rescue workers can only use a small shovel, a crowbar, jack and other simple mining tools, more time to dig by hand."
26 night, an old man was rescued, 27 am, when a woman had died were dug.
In addition, on the 25th, one fund league five players because of a business trip in Kathmandu. After the earthquake, five players immediately build into the rescue, and in the evening successfully rescued one survivor.
Drug shortages of drinking water tent clothing
After the strong earthquake three days, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis due to family houses collapsed or were afraid of aftershocks, moved to take some of the open areas overnight in makeshift tents. In Kathmandu, the government erected a temporary camp about 21. The United Nations says up to 800 earthquake affected people live in Nepal in addition to relief supplies urgently needed drinking water, tarpaulins and soap and other living materials.
After the earthquake, China, India, Pakistan, South Korea, the United States and Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross and other countries and international organizations have dispatched rescue personnel to aid. In addition, relief supplies and equipment have also arrived in Nepal. Chinese government carrying 186 tons of emergency supplies first aid first military aircraft was at 11 pm local time on the 28th arrived in Kathmandu.
However, Nepal is still a shortage of supplies. Chief Secretary to the Government of Nepal, the rescue coordination officer Lila Mani Bodi Yar said:. "We need tents, clothing, blankets and mattresses, in addition, the health sector in urgent need of 80 different drugs," As more wounded was rescued from the wreckage of houses, Nepal need more assistance, including surgeons, neurologists and nurses.
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