Apr 30 Everest climbers recount surviving the Nepal earthquake By Anna Sillers The climbing season on Mount Everest was temporarily halted after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25 caused avalanches in Nepal. American climber Mike Hamill, who was on the mountain at the time, recounted his story to National Geographic. Continue reading
Apr 30 Teenager pulled from rubble in Nepal By News Desk Rescue workers pulled Pema Lama, 15, from the rubble of the Hilton Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday to cheers from onlookers and other searchers. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: LA County OKs sheriff’s dept. abuse settlement By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Los Angeles County approved a settlement over systematic abuses of minorities. Under the settlement, the sheriff’s department agreed to three years of federal monitoring. Also, the government reported today that the first quarter GDP rose… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 5:10 Why didn’t Nepal prepare for an inevitable earthquake? By PBS News Hour Why wasn’t Nepal better prepared for an earthquake that everyone expected? Judy Woodruff talks to Jonah Blank of RAND Corporation about the political and economic challenges in Nepal. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 2:51 Nepal desperation grows in areas still waiting for aid By PBS News Hour The magnitude of devastation in Nepal following the massive earthquake is still largely unknown in some of the country’s more remote areas. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News meets survivors in the town of Bahrabise who are desperate for aid. Continue watching
Apr 29 Why the Nepal earthquake may have been inevitable By Nsikan Akpan On Saturday, a portion of the thrust fault underneath central Nepal ruptured, causing an earthquake that killed at least 5,200 people, injured more than 10,000 and destroyed centuries-old temples, towers and buildings. Continue reading
Apr 29 Nepal not prepared for intensity of earthquake, geologist says By Larisa Epatko It’s no mystery that Nepal -- precariously perched atop two shifting geologic plates -- is vulnerable to earthquakes. For the past decade, Nepal was working on preparing for the next big one. But it couldn't get all of its systems… Continue reading
Apr 28 In Nepal, crammed airport and rains hamper aid efforts By Larisa Epatko A group of aid workers from a dozen different countries were discussing sustainable agriculture when Saturday’s massive earthquake shook Nepal. Kushal Neogy of Catholic Relief Services was there. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 3:22 Traffic-choked road to Nepal earthquake epicenter slows aid By PBS News Hour Since an earthquake struck Nepal Saturday, aid is trickling in at a painfully slow pace to both the capital city of Kathmandu as well as the earthquake’s epicenter five hours east. Dan Rivers of Independent Television News reports on the… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 7:14 Aftershocks and landslides pose risks after Nepal earthquake By PBS News Hour Continue watching