Nepal Natural Disaster
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One-Day Disaster, Multi-Season Economic Shock: How Nepal Is Stuck In A Loop
Nepal Flash Floods: Nepal cannot prevent every earthquake, landslide or glacial collapse. But it can reduce how much each disaster costs.
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Helicopter Aid-Drops in Earthquake-Hit Nepal at Risk as Cash Runs Out: UN
Emergency helicopter services in quake-hit Nepal may be forced to stop within weeks due to a lack of funding, leaving almost 150,000 people without food and shelter to survive the monsoon season, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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Funds Shortage may end UN Chopper aid to Quake-Hit Nepal
The UN warned today it would stop its emergency helicopter service in quake-devastated Nepal unless it receives more funds, a move which could leave thousands without access to food or shelter.
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Nepal Sets up Post-Earthquake Camps for Sexual Minorities
When transgender woman Maya K C sought help at a relief camp in the ruins of Nepal's capital after a devastating earthquake, she was quickly made to feel as though she did not belong.
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Buildings Down, Bodies Recovered in Chautara, Nepal, After Earthquake
An earthquake in Nepal on Tuesday destroyed buildings in the town of Chautara, east of the capital Kathmandu, with bodies being recovered from ruins and injured being brought to hospital, aid workers said.
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1,000 Europeans Still Missing After Nepal Earthquake
One thousand EU citizens are still unaccounted for in Nepal, diplomats said Friday, almost a week after a massive earthquake that has claimed more than 6,300 lives and left survivors desperate for aid.
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After Losing Homes, People in Earthquake-Hit Nepal Face Food Crisis
With aftershocks spreading fear and thousands pitching tents out in the open in Kathmandu, too afraid to go into their homes already damaged by Saturday's powerful earthquake, fears have mounted of major food and water shortages.
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Over 4,300 Dead in Nepal Earthquake, Rescuers Race Against Time to Find Survivors
The number of those killed in Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 4,310, the home ministry said on Tuesday. A further 7,953 people are now known to have been injured in the quake, said ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal.
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How Earthquakes Happen
Most earthquakes originate from compressional or tensional stresses built up at the margins of the huge moving plates that make up the earth's surface.
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One-Day Disaster, Multi-Season Economic Shock: How Nepal Is Stuck In A Loop
Nepal Flash Floods: Nepal cannot prevent every earthquake, landslide or glacial collapse. But it can reduce how much each disaster costs.
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Helicopter Aid-Drops in Earthquake-Hit Nepal at Risk as Cash Runs Out: UN
Emergency helicopter services in quake-hit Nepal may be forced to stop within weeks due to a lack of funding, leaving almost 150,000 people without food and shelter to survive the monsoon season, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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Funds Shortage may end UN Chopper aid to Quake-Hit Nepal
The UN warned today it would stop its emergency helicopter service in quake-devastated Nepal unless it receives more funds, a move which could leave thousands without access to food or shelter.
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Nepal Sets up Post-Earthquake Camps for Sexual Minorities
When transgender woman Maya K C sought help at a relief camp in the ruins of Nepal's capital after a devastating earthquake, she was quickly made to feel as though she did not belong.
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Buildings Down, Bodies Recovered in Chautara, Nepal, After Earthquake
An earthquake in Nepal on Tuesday destroyed buildings in the town of Chautara, east of the capital Kathmandu, with bodies being recovered from ruins and injured being brought to hospital, aid workers said.
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1,000 Europeans Still Missing After Nepal Earthquake
One thousand EU citizens are still unaccounted for in Nepal, diplomats said Friday, almost a week after a massive earthquake that has claimed more than 6,300 lives and left survivors desperate for aid.
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After Losing Homes, People in Earthquake-Hit Nepal Face Food Crisis
With aftershocks spreading fear and thousands pitching tents out in the open in Kathmandu, too afraid to go into their homes already damaged by Saturday's powerful earthquake, fears have mounted of major food and water shortages.
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Over 4,300 Dead in Nepal Earthquake, Rescuers Race Against Time to Find Survivors
The number of those killed in Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 4,310, the home ministry said on Tuesday. A further 7,953 people are now known to have been injured in the quake, said ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal.
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How Earthquakes Happen
Most earthquakes originate from compressional or tensional stresses built up at the margins of the huge moving plates that make up the earth's surface.
