Nepal 2015

• Nepal, Asia - epicentre 50km from the capital of Kathmandu
• Struck at midday
• Magnitude 7.9 on the Richter scale
• Impacts- 9000 dead
• Impacts- 20000 injured
• Impacts- 3 million homeless
• 7000 schools destroyed
• Kathmandu evacuated due to flooding risk
• $5 billion in damage
• 1.4 million people placed in aid camps
• Avalanche blocked roads. 19 dead, 250 missing
• Medical aid provided by China, India, UK and NZ
• $126 million raised in international aid
• 500000 tents set up as temporary housing in capital
• 3 Chinook helicopters provided by UK to deliver aid
• New buildings follow strict codes
• Asian Development Bank gave $200 million for rebuilding
• Everest base camp rebuilt - climbing tourism significant
• Government task force set up to deal with future quakes