Transcript THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 25,2015. Part 6: Fifth Day

THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE
OF APRIL 25,2015
Part 5: Fifth Day Happenings
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for
Disaster Reduction, Vienna,
Virginia, USA
WEDNESDAY: Day 5
PHOTOS
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WEDNESDAY
SOMETHING TO CELEBATE:
MIRACULOUS RESCUES BY GERMAN AND
INDIAN TRESCUE TEAMS OF SURVIVORS
BURIED IN RUBBLE MORE THAN THE
“GOLDEN 48 HOURS;” - - -
A RESCUE BY GERMAN
TEAM (Credit: AP)
INDIA’S RESCUE TEAM
(Credit: AP)
A RESCUE BY INDIAN TEAM
(Credit: AP)
WEDNESDAY
“THE CALVARY ARRIVE:” RESCUE AND
AID TEAMS FROM GERMANY, INDIA,CHINA,
JAPAN, TAIWAN, THAILAND, NORWAY,
BHUTAN, USA, AND ISRAEL ARE
WORKING WITH NEPALESE
PROFESSIONALS IN REMOTE AREAS; - - -.
SNIFFER DOG OF A GERMAN
NGO TEAM (Credit: AP)
AID FROM GERMAN RED
CRSS (Credit: AP)
CHINA’S RESCUE TEAM
(Credit: AP)
TAIWAN RESCUE TEAM
(Credit: AP)
ISRAEL AID TEAM
(Credit: AP)
THAILAND’S RESCUE TEAM
(Credit: AP)
JAPAN’S RESCUE TEAM
(Credit: AP)
NORWAY’S RESCUE TEAM
AND PM (Credit: AP)
WEDNESDAY
IN SPITE OF OVER 5,300 DEAD AND 10,000
INJURED, NEPAL IS SHOWING SIGNS OF
SLOWLY RETURNING TO NORMAL AS
MANY RESIDENTS SLEEP AT HOME, BUT
MANY VILLAGES PROTEST OPENLY
ABOUT THE SLOWNESS OF THE
GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE,, ESPECIALLY
WITH FOOD; - - -
ONE OF NEPAL’S TENT
CITIES (Credit: AP)
DESPERATE, ANGRY SURVIVORS WAIT (Credit: AP)
“NEPAL WILL
BEBOUND”
Nepal’s Prime minister
RECAP OF SATURDAY,
SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND
TUESDAY
TUESDAY
NEPAL’S PRIME MINISTER, SUSHI
KOIRALA VOWED IN A NATIONALLY
TELEVISED ADDRESS TO REBOUND
FROM THE DISASTER, WHICH IMPACTED
8 MILLION+ PEOPLE AND LEFT 1.4 +
MILLION URGENTLY NEEDING FOOD,
WATER, MEDICINES, SHELTER, AND
SANITARY FACILITIES; - - -
8 MILLION+ IMPACTED (Credit: AP)
8 MILLION+ IMPACTED (Credit: AP)
1.4 MILLION NEPALESE NEED FOOD AND
OTHER NECESSITIES (Credit: AP)
TUESDAY (continued)
AT LEAST 5,000 PEOPLE DEAD, 8,068
INJURED; PRIME MINISTER SUSHI
KOIRALA SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF
DEAD COULD REACH 10,000 AFTER THE
REMOTE VILLAGES AND MOUNTAINSIDES
ARE VISITED IN DETAIL; - - -
MASS CREMATIONS (Credit: The World Post)
TUESDAY (continued)
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED
16 LARGE TENT CAMPS IN KATHMANDU;
MANY RESIDENTS CONTINUE SLEEPING IN
THE STREETS OR IN OPEN SPACES AWAY
FROM DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND WALLS;
TENS OF THOUSANDS SLEEPING
OUTSIDES (Credit: AP)
TENS OF THOUSANDS WAITING - - (Credit: AP)
- - - AND PRAYING (Credit: The World Post)
TUESDAY (continued)
HUNDREDS OF GLOBAL EMERGENCY
SERVICES, CHARITIES, DISASTER RELIEF
AGENCIES, AND VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING
THEIR BEST TO HELP THE PEOPLE
IMPACTED BY THE DISASTER;
TUESDAY (continued)
PLANES ARE NOW LANDING AT
KATHMANDU AIRPORT;
RELIEF SUPPLIES ARRIVING AT
KATHMANDU (Credit: AP)
RELIEF SUPPLIES FROM SRI LANKA
ARRIVING AT KATHMANDU (Credit: AP)
TUESDAY (continued)
“S AND R” SURGES AS “GOLDEN 48 HOUR
PERIOD” ENDS AND INTERNATIONAL
EXPERTS FROM 12 COUNTRIES ARRIVE
TO ASSIST LOCAL PROFESSIONALS WITH
“S AND R” AND DISTRIBUTION OF AID;
TUESDAY (continued)
SNOW, RAIN, AFTERSHOCKS, AND A
MUDSLIDE THAT DEVESTATED A REMOTE
VILLAGE (Ghodatabela),CONTINUED TO
HINDER OPERATIONS;
TUESDAY (continued)
UNITED NATIONS DISASTER ASSISTANCE
FUND RELEASES $15 MILLION; WORLD
FOOD PROGRAM BEGINS DISTRIBUTION,
BUT HINDERED BY RAIN AND
LANDSLIDES.
TUESDAY (continued)
BAD NEWS FOR THE FUTURE: Earthquake
experts say Saturday's earthquake did not
release all of the pent-up seismic pressure
in the region near Kathmandu. According to
GPS monitoring and geologic studies, some
33 to 50 feet (10 to 15 meters) of motion may
still need to be released, said Eric Kirby, a
geologist at Oregon State University.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015
• A massive block of the Earth’s crust,
roughly 125 km (75 miles) long and 61
km (37 miles) wide, lurched 3 m
(10 feet) to the south Saturday over the
course of 30 seconds. Riding atop this
block of the crust was the capital of
Nepal — Kathmandu — and millions of
Nepalese.
SUNDAY
CAPITAL DEVASTATED; AFTERSHOCKS
CONTINUE; AT LEAST 2,500 PEOPLE
DEAD; AT LEAST 6,400 INJURED;
THOUSANDS NEEDING SHELTER, FOOD,
AND WATER; AVALANCHES; “S AND R”
OPERATIONS ENERGIZED AND INTERNATIONAL AID PLEDGED, BUT BOTH
HINDERED BY A M6.7 AFTERSHOCK
USA, India, Sri Lanka.
China, Pakistan and
European Union countries
are among those who have
pledged money and
assistance
SUNDAY
• Nepal’s capital has become a tent city,
as thousands of displaced residents
stayed overnight in their dark gardens
or out on the rubble-littered streets,
afraid to go back inside because of
aftershocks that exacerbated existing
damage, triggered new avalanches on
Mount Everest, and hindered search and
rescue operations and all aspects of life.
MONDAY
NEPAL: SHORT ON SHELTER, FUEL, FOOD,
WATER, MEDICINES, POWER, TENTS,
BLANKETS, TARPS, SANITARY FACILITIES,
CASH, and WORKERS; - - -
MONDAY (continued)
AT LEAST 4,000 PEOPLE DEAD, 7,180
INJURED; “S AND R” CONTINUES AS NEW
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS ARRIVE TO
ASSIST IN STRICKEN CITIES AND ON MT
EVEREST; ROADS AND TRAILS BLOCKED
BY LANDSLIDES; AFTERSHOCKS
CONTINUE.
MONDAY (continued): LIFE
ALMOST SHUT DOWN
• Schools remained closed, most
businesses were shuttered, banks were
closed and ATMs lacked electricity to
dispense cash.
• Long lines of motorcycles and cars
formed at the few gas stations that had
fuel.
MONDAY (continued): LIFE
ALMOST SHUT DOWN
• The entire Katmandu Valley is
suffering from drinking water
shortages due to power
outages and severe damage to
utility pipelines.
MONDAY (continued): LIFE
ALMOST SHUT DOWN
• Phone lines are down
throughout the city, cellphone
service is spotty and Internet
access is still limited.
MONDAY (continued):STATUS OF
“S AND R” and RELIEF
• Forty-eight hours after the M7.8
earthquake, rescue and relief workers
have yet to reach numerous remote
mountain villages, where some reports
have suggested that 70% or more of the
homes have been reduced to heaps of
rubble and survivors need all the
basics.
MONDAY (continued): LIFE
ALMOST SHUT DOWN
• Rumors abound every where
that a bigger earthquake is on
the way, creating additional
concern.
SLEEPING OUTSIDE AGAIN
• Tens of thousands of families slept
outdoors for a second night, fearful of
aftershocks that have not ceased.
Camped in parks, open squares and a
golf course, they cuddled children or
pets against chilly Himalayan nighttime
temperatures.
SLEEPING OUTSIDE AGAIN
• They woke to the sound of dogs
yelping and jackhammers.
SOUNDS ON MONDAY
MORNING
• As the dawn light crawled across
toppled building sites, volunteers and
rescue workers carefully shifted broken
concrete slabs and crumbled bricks
mixed together with humble household
items: pots and pans; a purple
notebook decorated with butterflies; a
framed poster of a bodybuilder; so
many shoes.
NEPAL’S MILITARY RESCUE
TEAMS AT WORK (Credit: AP)
NEPAL’S MILITARY RESCUE
TEAMS AT WORK (Credit: AP)
Nearing exhaustion, nearly
the entire 100,000-member
Nepalese soldier army is
involved in search and
rescue operations
The work is slow also because
many workers — water tanker
drivers, electricity company
employees and laborers
needed to clear debris— have
gone to their families and are
staying to help them.
Many roads and trails have
been blocked by landslides,
and the airport has been
overwhelmed or closed;
hindering travel, work, and
arrival of international workers
and relief supplies.
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