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Disasters caused by earthquakes can be prevented. Now is the time to learn from the Nepal earthquake and begin making preparations.
As Nepal reels from a devastating earthquake, women’s groups are taking the lead in providing relief.
Last week, aide workers armed with two prototype FINDER devices rescued four Nepali men trapped under 10 feet of bricks, mud, and other rubble in the quake-stricken village of Chautara—the FINDER device had detected their heartbeats.
The earthquake in Nepal has left thousands dead, and tens of thousands injured, flooding local hospitals with patients and leaving them overwhelmed.
Animals have much they can tell us, if we can just figure out how to listen.
Nepal, one of the world’s least developed countries, is saddled with US$3.8 billion in debt. The nation’s recovery from the earthquake may require forgiveness of some of this debt.
The fate of thousands of Nepalese could depend on whether geomorphologists can get the right satellite imagery of the country in time.
China’s state-run media proclaimed loudly the care the regime was showing for Chinese stranded in Nepal--but the reality has turned out differently.
Saturday just before noon, tourists posted photos of Nepal’s World Heritage sites. Moments later, swath of a deadly fault system below the city.
Nepal needs earthquake aid—just not from Taiwan.
The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that hit Nepal hit just before noon, local time, on Saturday around 48 miles north west of Kathmandu.
