Fears of disease after Nepal quake

U.N. humanitarian officials in Nepal have raised alarm over the spread of disease. According to them more helicopters are needed to reach isolated mountain villages, which were hard to access.

The true extent of the damage from the magnitude-7.8 quake is still unknown as reports keep filtering in from remote areas, some of which remain entirely cut off. The U.N. has estimated the quake affected 8.1 million people — more than a quarter of Nepal’s 28 million people.

A Magnitude 7.9 Quake In Nepal Kills Over 1,300

A magnitude 7.9 quake - the strongest in Nepal for 81 years - struck 50 miles east of the popular tourist town of Pokhara and 50 miles north west of the capital Kathmandu shortly before noon local time.

At least 300 people were reported dead in Kathmandu and 634 in the Kathmandu Valley.

Photojournalist Nayantara said, "It was a pretty massive earthquake here, the strongest I've ever felt in my life.There is quite a lot of damage. The building I was in has quite a lot of cracks in it".