Deadly Earthquake in Kathmandu Renders People Homeless

Residents are fleeing their homes and leaving their buildings in panic. Walls tumbled, trees are been swayed, power lines came crashing down and large cracks opened up on streets and walls.
Clouds of dust began to swirl all around every area as Nepal trembled from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake last night in Kathmandu.
Tom Bell a journalist, who leaves in Kathmandu, has given a dramatic eyewitness account of the deadly earthquake.
"Looking around I could see these trees waving like they were in a hurricane."
Mr Bell said he saw a big pile of bricks from a construction site collapse, causing people in the streets to flee.
"There was a great deal of alarm and panic"
He says some ancient 16th and 17th century temples in Kathmandu have collapsed.
"There were several tremors, some of them rather strong and there's still a degree of concern."
Mr Bell says there's been little organised response to the earthquake from Nepalese authorities.
"The authorites are probably not at all well prepared despite warning about earthquakes."
The earthquake, which originated outside the capital Kathmandu, was the worst tremor to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years.
It was strong enough to be felt all across the northern part of neighboring India, Bangladesh, Tibet and Pakistan, where a total of 50 people died.
The death toll in Nepal was 1,130, but was almost certain to rise, said deputy Inspector General of Police Komal Singh Bam.

4/25/2015