Delivering Aid to Nepal Flood Survivors 'Very, Very Difficult': UN

Delivering aid to Nepal flood survivors ‘very, very difficult’, says UN

More than 1,200 people have been killed, and nearly 5,000 are missing on both sides of the China-Nepal border since the catastrophic glacial collapse on Aug 26.

Delivering aid to Nepal flood survivors 'very, very difficult': UN

More than 1,200 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 are missing on both sides of the China-Nepal border since the catastrophic glacial mountain collapse on August 26, according to tolls by both nations on Thursday. Nearly 600 foreigners from at least 34 countries are among those missing. "It is just incredible -- the magnitude of the disaster, the magnitude of the destruction," UN Resident Coordinator Lila Pieters Yahia told reporters in Ka…

Delivering aid to Nepal flood survivors ‘very, very difficult’: UN

“VERY, VERY DIFFICULT” Floods tore through mountain districts, destroying roads, bridges and hydropower dams. Communities near the epicentre remain cut off, with the UN working alongside Nepal’s government to get emergency supplies into devastated areas. “Access has been very, very, very difficult,” Pieters Yahia said, noting that UN agencies had delivered water and and sanitation […]

Amid utter destruction: Delivering aid to Nepal flood survivors 'very, very difficult': UN

Nepal floods leave 'nothing' behind as Catholic nuns mobilize aid

Following catastrophic flooding in Nepal and an earthquake in eastern Indonesia, Catholic sisters are providing aid while reeling from the damage the disasters left behind.