but he was in kathmandu visiting from california. so we hope to get him on the line and talk with him about what he felt and what he saw as far as damage. so we'll try to reestablish that. >>> for now, we'll turn to the other phenomenon from nature that we are following, that volcano in southern chile that suddenly woke up after 50 years, with two eruptions this past week. now that forced people from their home towns, some watching this say that this volcano could erupt the third time. the volcano left nearly 60 centimeters. we have more from chile. >> reporter: these days, all eyes on southern chile on the volcano, watching, waiting. we finally made it. it's taking a while, none of the airlines would fly in for at least 24 hours. the volcano erupted for the first time in more than 40 years on sunday. a second eruption just a few hours later. now, we work our way closer to the still smoldering crater. past one, two, three checkpoints to get into the exclusion zone. we're finally in the town that is completely blanketed in ash, it is

th their body will arrive in kathmandu later today. >> back in kathmandu, heavy rain slowed recovery efforts tuesday. meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking all of that and can join us now with the forecast ahead. what does it look like? >> big storm yesterday. we're kfcovering this, rolled through, behind me here. widening the shot. pushing to the east. back side. leftover showers. and developing south of the valley. hillside. southern here. as far as orginto issed steady, heavy rainfall. as far as the organized steady heavy rainfall. we're in good shape. 44 millimeters, fell in a short amount of time. we had concern of flooding out there. the airport picking up 3 millimeters. this its what transpired. people frying trying to take sh from the rain, errol, in some cases all we have got. cardboard. tarp. remote villages here outside of kathmandu. things are a little better organized. they have a bit more shelter to get away from the elements. which by the way don't really come in earnest until we get into the monsoon. not to say it doesn't rain. obviously it does. each and every month

richard engel, nbc news kathmandu. >> in kathmandu's historic district, buildings that had stood for century were flattened in a matter of minutes. in an area that's popular with tourists, many will witness the destruction and ian williams is there tonight. >> reporter: they search by hand, brick by brick. this team convinced they've located another body under the rubble around kathmandu's most famous temple complex. this is what remains of the historic heart of old kathmandu. the buildings here are too fragile and vulnerable to withstand the quake. the area around the square seems to have born the brunt of the 7.8 quake, at least in the city itself. some of the buildings here date back to the first century and include the former residents of nepal's former family. the nine-story tower has been reduced to a shattered stump. this was one of the city's most popular tourists attractions, commanding a panoramic view of the kathmandu valley and yesterday it was packed. >> 150 people are coming for visiting and 70 people are dead. >> reporter: open spaces here are packed. the people who li

i have news from our counterparts that also kathmandu kathmandu, are destroyed. what is amazing is that not so many houses actually are destroyed but the temples we're expecting a lot of contrary to that. >> can you put in perspective for us all of the things that these sites, that's temples had made it through until this awful earthquake happened today? >> could you repeat your question? because the lines are bad sorry. >> absolutely. i said, could you put in some perspective some of the things that these temples have survived only to crumble today? >> yes, most of these temples have already fallen down in the 1934 earthquake, and have been we rebuilt or rehabilitated. and some have been renovated. so it's rather surprising that so many temples collapsed. >> can you tell me the emotional impact that losing sites losing temples will have on a community that is already going through a difficult time. >> yes the communities which immediately helped to recover. and the communities have newly formed groups, and there was absolutely no panic but the people immediately

just outside of kathmandu. are you getting a sense speaking with aid agencies or residents what is happening in the rural parts of the country? >> it is difficult. those answers haven't come in yet. in terms of how many people are unaccounted for, or people injured or perhaps have died in the aftermath of the earthquake. because of difficulties xhin kaxhin -- difficulties in communication. rescue teams from all over the world. germany, china, i came in with the israeli search-and-rescue team. where are people in need? and how great is that need? unfortunately right now, at kathmandu airport. i don't have the answer yet. >> orin lieberman, on the phone, at kathmandu international airport. detailing what seems like chaos. things are moving in. aid is getting into the country. people are able to get out. patience ills needed as it deals with this massive disaster in the whaake of saturday's quake d aftershocks. the official death toll more than 4,300 with 8,000 injured. we will have much more on the quake in nepal

we knew kathmandu was close to another big quake. the earth's crust can become deformed and withstand force. there comes a moment when it breaks. in 2007, other people died. the kathmandu valley is tolerable because it has been built on a dry lake. the soil comes apart very quickly in an earthquake. nepal's rapid population rise of 6.5% per year due to breakneck redevelopment around the cities, the ngo has disclosed the government's lack of control. it also says buildings need to be updated to cater to earthquake proof residences and so on. aurora: those are the stories across the world. >> most media have been off-line since saturday because most communications networks have broken down. one exception is the himalayan times. they have brought us an eight page edition, a short when yesterday. "nepal devastated" is there headline. published in black and white in view of the devastation. the himalayan times in nepal, a two-page spread says there will be a hint of the devastation. pictures of the capital's heritage site, for and after t

here's kathmandu and everest. indicating more snow for the tops of these mountains, including shower and a few thunderstorms expected across the valleys in to the lower elevations. one concern for the kathmandu region for the search and recovery effort there, natalie, is the cold overnight lows. that could set in the possibility of hypothermia for people waiting to be rescued. >> you know, the hiker told us there were some sherpas on the way up to camp one and two to help people when the latest avalanche in the last hour occurred. >> terrifying. >> certainly is. more coverage on the devastation ahead here. including eyewitness accounts of the initial earthquake, which happened just about over 24 hours ago now. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen, 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit, and wreak havoc on your lif

and we are joined now live from kathmandu. i understand you are at a military air feet just tell us where you are and what you have seen today? >> errol, this is the nerve center of the military on rags herags -- operations. behind me. the choppers. we have been here, and every 20 minutes we are seeing choppers arriving from various parts of nepal. each bringing, six, seven survivors. really, survivors. talking to them a little while ago who have been stranded for the past threeut food, without water, many of them, buried under some heavy pieces of wood. some of them had broken limbs. others swollen faces. some of them had, i mean, when you come here you see what an international operation it is. because you have pakistani ambulance, indian doctors. and they're all being, brought here, i don't know itch yf you see it to the right. all being brought here. and taken to the hospitals in kathmandu. behind me over here, you see the mountain. these are the mountains that surround kathmandu valley. yesterday we went over there on one

shery kathmandu. about 40% is affected by the earthquakes and the aftershocks are powerful -- how is that hampering your ability to distribute aide? >> we are hearing that the hospitals have been overwhelmed in kathmandu. hospital, i came to a which was aided commoners west of the epicenter -- 80 kilometers west of the epicenter. they were patients from the most outlying villages and there were some difficult stories to hear. angie: tell us about one of those stories. i spoke to a man on one of the first helicopter evacuation missions. became from a village where there are 1100 households. he said it was like a volcanic explosion, there were rocks going everywhere, and estimates that 90% of the houses were completely decimated. he came in with a nine-year-old girl. her hip was dislocated. her brother had to pull her from the rubble. of these villages are extremely concerned about who has been left behind and they don't know what is happened. angie: those left behind, still injured, how easy is it righ

again, we are in the old part of kathmandu. even outside of kathmandu, everyone is just trying to jump in to help out. >> sunimas, you grew up in nepal. you are covering your home country. you are used to traveling the world and covering big stories. tell me how this earthquake is touching you and your producer who is also from nepal. i think we lost her signal. you can see obviously it is quite difficult to be able to bring that story to you in realtime. we will get back to her in the next hour. >>> governments all over the world are leaping to meet this huge need for assistance. a pentagon cargo plane in the air with tons of gear. the u.s. providing $1 million in immediate assistance. many other countries are all stepping up and sending personnel and equipment and financial aid packages. israel is sending responders for rescue efforts and medical. >> reporter: the israeli team here is a team of 260 people. searching and reaching to board the plane to kathmandu in the emergency area to assist in any way they can. they will set

circling the kathmandu valley. we could see five to six planes on line on the tarmac waiting to depart. this airport is stretched even on a good day. this is something i'm sure officials here never had to deal with. it looked like military planes were unloading some kind of equipment, some kind of aid material. i can't see that any more because it is completely dark. i can see it has been raining quite a bit. right now it stopped raining, as well. >> sumnima, you are from the area. what about your family members? have you been able to contact anyone? >> yes. it took me a while to get through because obviously the cell phone lines are quite patchy. my family was spread out. ultimately everyone is fine. they all have different experiences. i have some family member ss that broke their leg. the people are dealing with this in their own way. our producer still hasn't been able to get in touch with his family. they live further away than kathmandu village here. we are just trying to get in touch with our family members.

the worst damage is in old kathmandu. it has narrow-winding lanes many blocked with rubble making it difficult for rescuers to get in. a 19th century tower has been knocked down. only a touch stump remains. >> people are afraid to go back to their homes. as darkness sets, people have come to these public places and built a shelter. it looks like a storm is coming and people are bracing themselves for a cold and wet night. 2.5million people live in kathmandu valley, their reports whole villages have been destroy. nepal is facing a major disaster and it's asking its neighbors for help. al jazeera kathmandu. >> the charity world vision, depash told me that people have been told it stay indoors because of the power cuts. >> i'm outside of my house i don't see a light at all and that causes trouble in the current situation. in our situation it's a blackout. we could hear people just moving around, trying to see how they're able to rescue people by themselves. however, we've been alerted by the local media as well not to remain

kathmandu. >> reporter: this woman slept in her hotel lobby close to the door. >> again it's probably the lobby or even we're thinking of being in the open space right here. >> reporter: medical and military officials tell us they have no real idea how many have died or how big of a disaster this could turn out to be. >>> richard engel, thanks. we are learning the confirmed death toll of the everest avalanche has rised to 18 lives lost. a military plane is on its way carrying 70 people including members of an urban search and rescue team. a disaster assistance team and cargo. we have the latest from the heart of kathmandu. >> reporter: they search by hand brick, by brick. this team convinced they've located another body under the rubble around kathmandu's most famous temple complex. >> one of the people is buried there. >> reporter: this is what remains of the historic heart of kathmandu kathmandu. the buildings are too vulnerable to withstand the quake. the area around the square seems to have

>> there's kathmandu, and then there's a whole valley of kathmandu. the real struggle is the urban setting, which, you know, the houses are close to each other. it's very - you have a heightened city of people, making it complicated. for the rest of the outside of it, the primary access is it is already difficult to access these villages in normal times. no is some roles and buildings on the way. it's going to be a matter of time to go to each village to make sure - to see how people are and support the need. . >> the quake 7.8. in 2004, off the coast of northern sumatra, a 9.1 killed it 220,000 people, and 2011 off the coast of japan, another triggered a deadly super army there, 50,000 died. in chile, an 8.8 struck killing more than 5,000 people. stay with us for coverage of the earthquake. we are watching the latest developments coming out of nepal. more coming up at the bottom of the hour >>> thingses flaring in baltimore, demanding justice for freddie gray. squirmishes between police and protesters thousands joined in to the march. frey freddie gr

resident coordinator in kathmandu. first of all tell us what you and your group have been doing this morning, i guess we are talking about reaction and aid efforts now. >> yeah thanks and i was actually meeting with the government and army and prime minister and the information is coming from the effected areas and one was hit by a 7.9 as you mentioned and another one 6.2 and the areas are quite remote any way and what happened is the information is difficult but the material will be health and logistics and sanitation and we are organizing a meeting as we speak to look at what we have and secondly what the army and other methods to get the material to the affected areas. the capitol as you mentioned a lot of buildings collapsed and many people trapped inside there and we need information from the hospitals on the numbers but the numbers are going up as you mentioned. unfortunately in kathmandu and nepal in general with foreigners all over the country including the affected area and are watching closely with the embass

the kathmandu valley has a 300-meter deep layer of clay beneath it. this reflects and focuses seismic waves within the valley. the region is prone to soil liquidification. it's whether vibrations cause solid ground to turn into something like quicksand that swallows buildings and roads and results in even more damage. >> this is where earthquakes occur and how often they occur. that helps plan accordingly. so it's possible to construct buildings so that it minimizes the amount of damage. it's also possible for communities and people to become more resilient if they're aware of the possibility of these things happening. >> now there are aftershocks and at least 35 of magnitude areas can be expects in the area over the next few days and weeks. there's landslides too. some triggered by the quakes and others during the upcoming monsoon season. damage like this has been anticipated and warned off. because it's so poor without the money to rebuild houses and roads to make them more resilient, the country and people are suffering. >> joining me in the studio

one is living in kathmandu and experienced the quake. she spoke about current conditions in the country and what kind of help is needed. >> reporter: the initial tremor was not so bad, so i thought it would end soon. but then long and powerful horizontal shakes continued and we couldn't stay standing up. things fell and glass was shattered. the downtown area was heavily hit and there was a shortage of tents. people were crammed into small spaces and food and water hasn't been delivered to many of those places. i think what's needed the most now and for the foreseeable future are tents to keep people covered as well as water and food. >> experts believe several factors explain why the devastation was so extensive in kathmandu even though the epicenter was dozens of kilometers away. >> reporter: the earthquake occurred in the area where the indian plate meet. earthquakes are frequent occurrence there. the epicenter is believed to have been about 80 kilometers northwest of kathmandu. an associate professor is a assessing data from the quake

but, again that's in kathmandu itself. as you heard from andrew and sabina once you get outside the city of kathmandu the villages and more affected areas, you are seeing the tensions rise considerably. >> okay, thank you very much indeed for that live update from kathmandu. ♪ >> the u.n. chief as condemned israel's actions during the gaza war after an inquiry which found that seven u.n. schools were fired on and they describe 44 palestinians who died as deplorable. hamas was hiding weapons in three separate schools which were empty and not used as she she shelters at the time. james beatty joins us live. where does this report go from here? >> reporter: well, the report is complete at the board of inquiry and that really is it. it was a report commissioned by ban kim moon. all that's been released is a summary. we are told that the actual full report, because many of the people spoke to the u.n. in confidence is not going to be made public. i think there could be important repercussions from this report because it's ver

the worst damage is in old kathmandu. it's if you would of full of narrow winding rains pull full of rubble making it difficult for rescuers to get in. tourists were climbing the tower when the earthquake struck and at least 16 bodies have been pulled out. around 2.5 million people live in kathmandu valley. there are reports that whole villages have been destroyed. tremors from the quake are hitting me nearby india. >> let's here from subina subinashrestha. >> this is a world heritage site and you can see it's devastated. kathmandu its been mostly monuments. we heard that more than 600 people have died around here. there have been reports of avalanche at everest. there are still new reports of how bad this devastation is. electricity lines have been cut off. communication has been quite problematic, and most people are still afraid to go into their houses. it looks like a storm is coming through, and most people have taken up shelter in open squares. they have prepared to spend the night, and if the storm comes it will be

people are frustrated in kathmandu. many are looking to leave kathmandu. if we aren't getting the help we need in kathmandu. we don't have a police to sleep. we might as well go home. remember many of the people who were in the city of kathmandu are people who come from surrounding villages to work in kathmandu. the main city. the capital city. a major source of employment. now, a lot of people are saying, well, you know what we, might as well go home. they haven't been able to connect with, with their families back home for many days because communication as you know is very patchy over there. cell phones work sometimes. sometimes they don't work. people don't have information about their family members back home. a lot of people don't know whether their homes in the villages are intact. fwhai whether they have been razed to the ground. the situation isn't getting better. they aren't getting the help they want. many are saying we might as well go back home. there are long lines of people now leaving the capital. >> and we knew, with only having a single r

>>> panic in kathmandu, a powerful aftershock hits the nepalese capital a day after t earthquake that killed 2,000. >> rescuers are racing against time to save those trapped under the rubble. >>> hello, i'm richelle carey, you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the programme... ..violence in burundi after the president decides to seek a third term. >>> a sighting across yemen of forces in yemen. plus we are on patrol where the majority of votes attempted to get to europe start their journey. >>> a magnitude 6.7 aftershock hit nepal's capital kathmandu. more than 2,000 people have been killed after the earthquake hit nepal. we have this report. >>> it's sunset, and rescuers are working in the dark again. parts of nelson mandela are without electricity. with just torches there was some success. nepal hopes the second night is the same. for every life saved, many have been lost. here they are burning bodies in a mass cremation. this is a deeply religious country. some of the temples where they would normally seek solace are in ruins. there has been 12 aftershocks. it's causi

it's left people in a state of fear and shock in and around kathmandu. while the rescue effort continues across the country some much-needed aid has now start today a right. india and pakistan sent military cargo planes with medical surprise and a mobile hospital. the british and canadian governments have announced more than $12 million in funding relief. crossing over to harry comar the regional coordinator for south asia at gio has arz international and joining us live now from new demi. what you do is study earthquake through risk assessment. what have your risk assessment for nepal before this devastating earthquake. >> we had worked in kathmandu for several years in 1997 when we sort of had a prediction, not we are saying that we predict third degree earth way. but worked out what would happen in an earthquake struck kathmandu. this was done in 1997. things have changed. things have only gotten worse because the risks have been added. lots of new buildings came up. nepal brought out a revision to its national building code in 2003. and since then, t

andrew simmonds just getting to kathmandu. thank you so much >>> mark myers is a professor of earth science and engineering. he joins us from germany. we appreciate your time professor. what are the factors at play that cause an earthquake of this magnitude. >> yes, good afternoon. as you know, the earth is composed of tectonic plates. the indian subplate moved northwards to the eurasian plate and does so by an average of 45 september meters a year. it hasn't -- 45 centimetres a year of it hasn't moved. the next quake was expected it had to comb. one of those is what we expected. when subpoena scientists said we expected something like this. what are the latest advancements in predicting yaecks. >> we cannot predict by the minute. we don't use the word prediction here. prediction means we can say a magnitude, day and time. we can't do that. we can say over the next decade we expect an quake. it accumulates obvious hundred of years. during the plate motion the indian towards the eurasian. there's no predict. given a likelihood

there's more difficulty in kathmandu. they leave the cities down and the people are not able to charge the phones much the main difficulty is with the district. there's some distribute headquarters that have been flattened. 80% damned, 50% and 30%. it's difficult to get the detailed information on the areas. >> you outlined priority yes in terms of what the red cross team is doing. in terms of aid and supplies, how much has it got in and what's your first-term priority in getting the aid in? >> the one good thing is in the last 10 years we have been working on the preparedness. we have a reason specifically around the its, we are mobilizing those. in all 17 locations around the country. we are beginning to mobilized planes from kuala lumpur. there's a warehouse, and there's a plain - the -- there was a government plane leaving from delhi this morning, and mobilizing some of the basic health care hospitals, and the deployment hops in the next few days much the main thing is receiving the capacity. they would start to bring

back in kathmandu tourists are stuck as well. this woman slept last nighs a new quake. >> today we're thinking of being in the states right here. >> reporter: tl officials tells us they have no idea how many have died or how big of a sfarve that could turn out to be. engel, nbc news kathmandu. >> buildings that had stoord for centuries were flattened in a matter of minutes. in an area that's popular with tourists many will witness the destruction and ian williams is there tonight. they by hand brick by brick. this team convinced they've located another body under the rubble around kathmandu's most famous temple complex. this is what remainsc heart of old kathmandu. the buildings here protore too fragile and vulnerable to with stand the quake. the area around the square seems to have born the brunt of the 7.8 quake, at least in the city itself. some of the buildings here date back to the first century and include the former residents of nepal's former family. the nine-story tower has been reduced to a shattered stump. this was one

a report from kathmandu. clive coleman the convulsions lasted -- clive: the convulsions lasted a minute, maybe two. seconds transformed the landscape. for search teams, it has been another grueling day. slowly, the rubble is yielding up the dead. but hope is alive. a turkish rescue team reached him in the neck of time. and there are others who might live. but the hospitals of this impoverished nation have been swollen to bursting point. she is eight and was playing at home when the earth began to shake. her grandfather was outside powerless to intervene as the house collapsed on top of her. grandfather: initially, i thought she was gone, injured as the house collapsed. but i somehow managed to pull her out. she was bleeding and had bruises all over her body. clive across the city:, another cremation. funeral pyres await the dead. it is not mountain air that lingers today but bitter clouds resenting the emptiness, grief and despair of those left behind. the work of the rescuers goes on into the night as the fi

a magnitude 6.7 aftershock hit nepal's capital kathmandu. more than 2,000 people have been killed after saturday's earthquake. there were reports of tremors felt a short while ago, as far away as the indian capital new delhi >>> the first rescue plane carrying climbers hit by an avalanche in mount everest arrived. 17 climbers were killed and dozens killed. close to 100 climbers are stuck at camps one and two >>> the saudi-led coalition air strikes have targeted houthi rebels and their allies in yemen. at least one was killed as fighters loyal to the exiled president abd-rabbu mansour hadi fought rebels in the southern distribute of darsad >>> well the war has forced thousands to leave their homes and try to escape. the u.n. rechons more than 170,000 yemenis have been displaced. we met some of those that have fled the border into saudi arabia. >> reporter: behind this fence is yemen and war. to cross means a new hope for these people. a month since coalition air strikes on houthi rebels started, civilians continued to leave. those are some of

here in kathmandu. thousands of people are now trying to leave the city. since saturday's quake people have been too scared to leave with aftershocks hitting them on the highway. we have one gentleman who is traveling 900 kilometers to his home village. >> i've been trying to get a ticket to leave since the earthquake. there have not been any buses available. i want to go now. we're all worried about getting sick and the city is not safe. it's safer for me to go home. >> now his is 900 kilometers away and it will take two or three days, but people are willing to risk the journey now even if there are aftershocks to get away from the potential threat and danger here in kathmandu. >> so faiz, we know that that aid is arriving. the bigelow just technical challenge is that it's simply too hard to get it to the people who need it in many cases. >> we still don't know the full scale of the devastation. we have these reports that the death toll is rising but we have not been able to get most of the communicati

these historic sites once stood proud for hundreds of years in the center of kathmandu. then they felt like a pack of cards on saturday small groups of security personnel and volunteers go through the rubble and hopefully trying to find any survivors if they can. it's a difficult task and it is only stopped when there is another tremor or when the sunsets. rescue and relief operation continues with medics working around the clock to help the injured or seriously wounded and it's a tough job. the death toll is already in the thousands and that is just in the capitol. from the air the destruction is clear, while hundreds are still stranded at the airport it is peak tourist season and many will return home with horrible memories and the problem is aid flying into kathmandu airport with only one runway. while the world sends help the logistical challenge is getting it out to the people that need it most. so what about the more remote areas, the areas closer to the epicenter, is help getting into some of those people? >> well we do believe that certainly the military has been

she lives near kathmandu with her family. when i spoke to her, she said for the last two days she and her family have been huddled under a tent waiting for help. i want to play part of that interview i have. >> physically we are all fine. we are emotionally exhausted and hope this passes and we'll be okay. it all feels very unreal to me. like every single time i sit down i feel like the ground's shaking, even if it's not. it's like every single time someone falls asleep the ground starts actually shaking and everyone jolts up awake. we have not gotten a single blink of sleep. we are all very scared and we are all praying. it's very unreal. it doesn't feel real to me. still. i feel like i'm stuck in a nightmare. >> a nightmare indeed. you can hear the anxiety. she went on to tell me she had been through an earthquake before but nothing of this magnitude. i asked her if she had seen anyone injured or any of those deceased. she hadn't seen anything like that but everything around her has been destroyed. >> there is a canadian wo

>> there's kathmandu, and then there's a whole valley of kathmandu. the real struggle is the urban setting, which, you know the houses are close to each other. it's very - you have a heightened city of people making it complicated. for the rest of the outside of it the primary access is difficult to access these villages in normal times. no is some roles and buildings on the way. it's going to be a matter of time to do to each village to make sure - to see how people are, and pore the need. >> -- and support the need. >> experts have warned about earthquakes in this area. how well prepared are the authorities? >> preparedness for an earthquake you can mitigate. we knew that there would be an earthquake in the region because the region is subject to earthquakes. now it's a matter of talking to the ... >>> okay. looks like we lost benoire, the senior media officer with the international federation of the red cross. a week ago nepal paid tribute to 16 who died during an avalanche on mt everest. the country is facing news that more died in the biggest tou

the mood here on the outskirts of kathmandu is very grim. we are at the site of another one of the buildings that caved in. there is two bodies that some just been pulled out of the rubble that are being removed right now behind us. husband and wife, one wedding ring clearly visible. it looked as though they were reaching out to each other even in death. some of these surroundings buildings could collapse at any time. so neighbors traumatized but curious look on while standing as far back as they can manage. as a devastated sibling negotiates the release of his brother's body. he want to take it back to india. >> translator: only those who have lost families understand my pain. >> reporter: that pain is growing while fear spreads. the sun is about to set and rain has begun to fall. the rescue efforts will be hampered even further. crews pack up for the day even though everyone knows time is of the essence. and sammy i want to step out of the frame here for a second so you can take a look at what's unfolding behind us. there are relief worker

in kathmandu, nepal. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. # >>> we begin with the desperate search for survivors in the race against time in nepal. the death toll from the country's worst earthquake in 80 years has climbeds past 3900. but even in the middle of the death and devastation there are signs of hope. a little boy is found in the rubble covered in dust but alive. however, the chance of finding and rescuing more survivors is quickly fading as the hours pass. new drone video gives us an ariel view of the destruction, buildings reduced to rubble a huge crack in a major road. and new surveyens video shows people inside a restaurant as the earthquake hit on saturday see them thrown from side to side as they scramble to get out of the building. at least 16 countries as well as the european union and several international aid agencies are sending assistance to nepal. the united states dispatched a search and rescue team from fairfax county in virginia. the epi

we sat on the car tarmac for three in kathmandu. there are a lot of people come together country to help. it is a huge task for authorities here and more tremors have been reported across the day and of course the search and rescue operation will continue in that mode and search and rescue. >> we hear that another earthquake has struck the east of the country. we'll bring you more as we get it, of course. >>> in rome more than 1700 people have died in boats trying to reach europe. while some will make it, they'll end up in the ports of sicily. barnaby phillips joins us live. tell us the purpose of ban ki-moon's visit. >> well, i think he wants to show solidarity. he wants to commiserate and show moral support of the families of the victims. he wants specific policy talks with the head of e.u. foreign policy and with matteo renzi the italian prime minister. before leaving new york, ban ki-moon left new york making interesting remarks. i would imagine there will be an interesting meeting of minds as to just how europe aims to solve th

and much of the damage in the capitol was centered around the historic square heart of kathmandu's town and rescuer digging through the rubble and trying to find runsurvivors but with the airport there is one runway and people waiting to fly out and the aftershocks mean the airport is not always open for business and nepal is one of the poorest countries and 20 countries are behind the effort including india, pakistan china, israel, united states and members of the eu and they sent or pledged money or supplies including medicine a mobile hospital and rescue teams and there is a lack of food and water, officials from some of nepal's more remote areas around the epicenter of the quake say most of the communities have been destroyed and those who survived need help urgently the disaster under lined the nepal's medical facilities and thousands are suffering from horrific injuries and the world health organization says that only two physicians in 50 hospital beds for every 10,000 people in nepal and let's cross over to the historic doba square in historic kathmandu and take us through the sc

it is raining in kathmandu. and it's going to be very difficult to not only help the people injured and looking for help but also very difficult to extricate people from the buildings that have collapsed in kathmandu. and further away from the city we have people who may be trapped in other parts of the country. you know on mountains, the hilly parts of nepal and villages. so this is a huge exercise ahead of the nepali government. they will be looking for help from other places including india. which has promised to help in any way that it can. >> all right. raffi agriwal, thank you so much for the update. >>> new police dash cam video show as 2013 palm beach county officer-involved shooting. a lot of people say it's disturbing and it's shocking. it's an incident that happens in just a matter of seconds. take a look at 20-year-old dontrelle stevens in the hospital. following the shooting. the four gunshots in the video left stevens paralyzed from the waist down. >> but it's what's not on camera that has left roo

kathmandu. then they fell like a pack of cards from saturday. small groups of security personnel and volunteers sift through the republic painstakingly, hopefully trying to find any survivors if they can. it's a dill difficult task and only stops when there is another tremor or when the sun sets. workers work around the clock to help the injured or seriously wounded. it's a tough job. the death toll is already in the thousands. that's only in the capital. from the air the destruction is big. a large problem is aid being thrown in from kathmandu airport. it only has one runway. >> while the world sends help the logistical challenge is getting it out to the people who need it most. >> the united states, as we mentioned, is part of the international rescue effort under way and in nepal 70 americans and 40 tons of cargo has arrived today. the problem now is reaching remote villages. we have this report. >> we're in the village where at least 20 people have died just in this area, around 60 people we

that is not just in kathmandu, but areas outside the kathmandu valley. it is hard to reach. >> what are the things that people need the most right now? we are seeing pictures of rescues still underway. we know people need food they need clean water. in many cases, you have families with young children huddled under tarps. what is needed first? >> i don't think there is a single priority. we need to work on all of these things at the same time. the search and rescue is going on and rightly so. there are medical needs. hospitals are stretched. supplies need to keep coming in. you mentioned thousands of people on the streets. they need shelter. there is rain forecast the next ten days. that puts people in a vulnerable situation. especially as you say children and older people. that is a priority. also clean water. sanitation. these are things we have to think about if we will have large numbers of people in shelters for any period of time. >> let me ask you about trying to address the immediate impact. the red cross has experience doing that and the longer

kathmandu, they formed communal kitchens, cooking outside. bringing together whatever little food they could. now what we are seeing is that a lot of people are leaving kathmandu. they have been there for three, four days after the earthquake. they're not getting the help that they thought they would, the help that they really need. many of them are trying to leave kathmandu and go back to their villages. if we are not getting the help we need. what's the point of staying. many are freeing how to go back home. a lot of the people in kathmandu are workers who leave villages in remote area come to the capital looking for work. now they can't to go back home. go and see their families. get in touch with their families. many haven't been able to connect with. because communication has been patchy. many want to go back home to see if they even have a home in the first place to see whether their home exists or whether, their home has been razed to the ground after the earthquake. you will see many people trying to go back home. >> malika kapur, wit

in central kathmandu. a unesco world heritage site, faiz where you stand. tell also what going on behind you, what you see. >> reporter: well, this is just a small section of the square, one of the many heritage sites in this area, as you can see the rubble how bad it is. this is only a small faction. about a block on the other side there is a rescue could you operation going on there. officials have said quietly they don't expect to find anybody but the first 48 hours since the earthquake is crucial and the most likely time to find survivers, so they are giving it their best efforts. people are in a well struggle. it's a battle against the element. people are living in the square ex-they can't go inside because of the after short then the rain comes and they go inside and then another aftershock so they come back out. it's al jazerra actually really hot as well. it's really been a struggle. they are just doing whatever they can to cope with all the different circumstances and elements being thrown at them

that in kathmandu, the damage is becoming evident. once people get out to the rural parts, that have been affected they're going to get an idea of what happened in the villages hurt by the quake. yes, waiting for people in the community. they said they're worried. concerned about their loved ones. they would look to get out there so they can help, so that they can find those that they haven't heard from, errol. >> it truly is -- you can understand and empathize with that sense of loss and not knowing what is happening. a lot of what we know is from densely. lated areas. don't have a sense of what is happening in the rural areas. same point made by the u.n. situation report they released not too long ago. saying they still want to get out to distant areas to try to find out, how badly people there have been impacted. but there is a long cultural connection between hong kong where you are, and nepal. a community of, i think you said, roughly 40,000 or so, living in hong kong. what is the back ground on that? >> yeah, some in the late '6

reporting from kathmandu. >> a long and tense day in kathmandu yesterday. already we are hearing reports of people starting to assemble at various places in the city, mostly outside government offices and parliament. yesterday things got very intense outside the main bus stop. thousands of people are waiting for buses to leave the city. when the buses failed to show up, there was a lot of anger and riot police had to because people protesters were throwing stones and seized an aid truck. the prime minister was confronted by angry people demanding answers. it was not limited to kathmandu reports from other districts closer to the epicenter. angry people started blocking the highways and trying to seize aid trucks being escorted by the army. and a lot of frustration in the country. people are asking the government, demanding answers about why they are not receiving aid. the need of the hour is for the government to move more quickly to prevent a humanitarian crisis. there are millions of people waiting for food, water, shelter and medical aid. the prime minis

>>> panic in kathmandu. a powerful after shock hits the capital a day after an earthquake where are killed more than 2,000 people. rescue teams race against time to save those trapped under the >>> fierce fighting across yemen >>> hello, i'm darren jordon you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the programme - fierce fighting across yemen between the president's forces and rebels as saudi-led air strikes hit houthi positions. >>> we are on patrol off the libyan coast where a majority of boats attempting to reach europe start their journey >>> a magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits nepal's capital kathmandu. more than 2,000 have been killed after the earthquake that hit nepal and neighbouring countries. we'll be lie in kathmandu, and the indian capital. first, this report. >> they are frightened because the ground shook again this morning. aftershocks adding to the trauma that's barely registering. overnight many people chose not to go home. unable to sleep, and uncertain of when the next jolt will hit.

rescuers are working in the dark again t parts of kathmandu are without electricity. en with just torches and bare hands, the first night brought some success. nepal is hoping the second night will be the same. for every life saved, many more have been lost. here, they are burning bodies in a mass cremation. this is a deeply religious country. some of the temples where people would normally seek solas during tragedy are in ruins. there have been at least 12 aftershocks. it's causing panic. and there is hardly any news from remote villages nationwide. >> the main difficulties with the district some of the information we are receiving some have been nearly flattened, 80% damaged, 50% damaged and 30% damage. we are finding it difficult to get the detailed information from those areas. >> reporter: more information is come from mount everest, the famous attraction. these are she werea guides who made it through an avalanche triggered by the earthquake. some of their colleagues aren't coming back. >> actually it was everywhere. we don't know how many casualties there are.

, kathmandu valley and the area around it. but the epicenter, which is quite a distance from kathmandu, we still haven't heard from that area in terms of how many people could have died what the situation is. it's near on the range which is the himalaya's second most popular trekking destination for a lot of tourists and also for nepale nepalese as well. we don't know how big this is going to be. in kathmandu, major, historical sites have collapsed. these are, you know equivalent of the eiffel tower in pair rishgs paris, for instance a tower from the 18th century, pith panoramic views, an iconic building for nepal, that's collapsed. historical palaces. these are sites millions would visit in nepal and those are completely down. terms of death toll it's expected to rise unfortunately, quite a bit. the death toll that we're getting is from all over nepal, but again, the information that the authorities are getting is -- they're saying it's very difficult to get a good sense of exactly what's going on on the ground right now. >>

these are the latest pictures from kathmandu. we'll bring in the international federation of the red cross societies on skype out of geneva. you're working in kathmandu. you're in touch with your teams in nepal. what are they telling you? >> well, they have been responding since the early stages. they've been working with search and rescue, which at the moment is the crucial thing. they will help as much as they can. they have a contingentcy plan. we knew that it would happen one day. so they've been trying to respond as much as possible to relief. to be able to help people in a short period of time before international aid can come in. >> what about medical facilities within the camp. have they been damaged badly as well? >> yes, we don't have a full report on that, but it seems that it is still functioning but they're really stretched to the limits because of the number of people who are coming in. they have to help with the basic first aid before people are referred to the hospital. >> is it your plan to treat them as early as

spokesman for the red cross in kathmandu. thank you for your time especially on what i am sure is a very busy time. tell us what efforts are underway at the red cross just right now. >> well at the moment, it's still -- it's an instance of the earthquake. it's still a case of working at what's happened where and where we can be most helpful. >> where can you be more helpful? what's your plan of attack from here? >> the red cross is a community based organization. so for the last years, we have been putting in place earthquake preparedness projects and much of it involved training thousands of members of local communities here within the kathmandu valley in first aid and light search and rescue. so those trained volunteers and members of the community will be hopefully at the forefront of the efforts to get people out of the rubble. >> excellent. what about reinforcements. you are going to be calling in plenty of it suspected at this stage working in conjunction with other aid with other aid organizations? >> ♪ ♪ >>> the t