China is trying to bring more Chinese citizens home from Nepal as rescue work enters the third day, authorities said on Tuesday.
Twenty five of the more than 200 Chinese stranded in a hydropower station in Nepal since Saturday's earthquake were airlifted to safety on Tuesday afternoon by a Chinese helicopter.
The death toll from Saturday's major earthquake as well as Sunday's aftershocks in Nepal has climbed to 4,349, including 20 mountaineers, and more than 8,517 others were injured, said the National Emergency Operation Center of Nepal's Home Ministry on Tuesday morning.
Around 200 people including climbers, trekkers and guides have been rescued from Mount Qomolangma till Monday evening, Nepal's Ministry of Tourism said on Tuesday.
Seven Chilean mountain climbers were still unaccounted for by Monday in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that devastated Nepal on Saturday, Chile's top diplomat said.
Nepal has been in regular update with latest satellite images and weather forecast provided by Chinese Meteorological Administration (CMA), Meteorological Forecasting Division of Nepal said on Tuesday morning.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi late Monday evening held a high level meeting to take stock of the evacuation efforts in earthquake-hit Nepal and also took stock of relief supplies and material sent to the affected areas in Nepal and India, local media said Tuesday.
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Nepal has climbed to 4,264 people, including 20 mountaineers, and more than 7,000 others were injured, said the National Emergency Operation Center of Nepal's Home Ministry on Tuesday morning.
Australia's military will airlift Australians stranded in Nepal following Saturday's devastating earthquake, Australia's foreign minister announced on Tuesday.
The Obama administration on Monday announced more aid to quake-jolted Nepal, with some US military personnel already joining the relief effort in the Himalayan country.
Germany has provided 2.5 million euros ($2.73 million) for meeting the basic needs of victims of the Nepal earthquake, the German government said in a statement Monday.
At least seven Irish people have yet to make contact with their families following Saturday's earthquake in Nepal, state broadcaster RTE reported Monday quoting the Irish Red Cross.
Two rescue teams from Poland, including firefighters and medics, were sent to Nepal in response to a devastating earthquake which has resulted in around 3,700 fatalities so far.
Chinese airlines have returned more than 1,600 nationals home after a 8.1- magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, according to the Foreign Ministry.
International rescue teams poured into Nepal with humanitarian aid as the death toll climbed to more than 4,000 on Monday after Saturday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country 80 kilometers to the northwest of Kathmandu.
Rain and snow will hit quake-affected regions in Tibet again on Tuesday, complicating the rescue work there, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast on Monday.
Death toll in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region from the earthquake that struck neighboring Nepal on Saturday has climbed to 25, according to the regional disaster relief headquarters.
Death toll climbed to 3,815 following a massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Nepal Saturday, while 7,046 sustained injuries, says the country's ministry of foreign affairs Monday.