Thank God for PAP and LKY! Singapore has been spared from natural disasters since PAP was around.
Heaven really fixing Gurkhas now huge Strom on the way to Gurkhas families after quake, aadditional to after shocks n climbing death tolls.
Really HUAT!
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...-to-battle-amid-fear-death-toll-still-rising/
LIVE: Death toll crosses 2,200 in Nepal earthquake; 62 die in India
By: Web Desk | New Delhi | Posted: April 26, 2015 7:49 am | Updated: April 26, 2015 7:16 pm
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A worst hit earthquake rocked Nepal on Saturday morning. (Source: Express photo by Abhimanyu Chakravorty)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a meeting to review the situation in the quake-hit Nepal where death toll has crossed 22,00 mark. Modi has directed speeding up of efforts to save and evacuate people from Nepal.
Meanwhile, weather department has predicted widespread rains and thundershowers in Nepal which may trigger landslides. The IMD has asked asked people to remain alert.
“Weather Forecasting Centre of Indian Meteorological Department has predicted fairly widespread rain/ thundershower
activity over Nepal during next the 4 hours.
“The activity is most likely to become widespread on April 27 and 28 with the possibility of isolated heavy thunderstorm activity, particularly over eastern part of Nepal,” the Ministry of Earth Science said in a release.
A powerful, magnitude 6.7 aftershock has shaken the Kathmandu area of Nepal a day after the massive earthquake devastated the region, sending people yelling and running for open ground. Tremors were felt in most parts of north and northeast India including Kolkata, Siliguri and Assam. Minutes after the first aftershock, Nepal felt another measuring 5.0 in magnitude.
The US Geological Survey says the aftershock on Sunday registered at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). 1,910 people were killed in Nepal, at least 57 in India, 17 in Tibet and two in Bangladesh. Two Chinese citizens died at the Nepal-China border.
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The earthquake hit a heavily populated area of Nepal, including the capital, Kathmandu, and its impact spread far beyond the Kathmandu Valley. Strong aftershocks were felt as late as Sunday morning.
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Local hospitals are rapidly filling with injured residents, and Kathmandu’s international airport remains shut.
India was quick to come to Nepal’s aid with four IAF transport aircraft carrying about 10 National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams, totalling 450 personnel, reaching Nepal on Saturday evening. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with President Ram Baran Yadav and assured all the help required.
LIVE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE UPDATES
6:56 pm India deploys 35 buses to move its stranded nationals out of Nepal via two road routes -through Sunauli in UP and Raxaul in Bihar: Foreign Secretary.
6:55 pm Senior-level inter-ministerial team to go to Nepal: Foreign Secretary.
6:45 pm*Death toll in India after the quake rises to 62-46 in Bihar, 13 in UP, 2 in West Bengal and one in Rajasthan:Foreign Secretary.
6:34 pm 13 military and 3 civilian aircraft from India to operate to Nepal. 5 military planes lands in Kathmandu: FS S Jaishankar.
6:20 pm Govt increases compensation to Rs 6 lakh for the families of those killed in the earthquake: PMO
6:19 pm We expect to have 13 military aircraft going to Kathmandu today: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar speaks on the rescue operations in Nepal.
6:18 pm India U-14 girl football team returns from quake-hit Nepal
6:07 pm*Nepal quake: Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes stock of*situation, directs speeding up of efforts to save and evacuate*people from Nepal.
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