'DEVASTATING': Aid worker reveals catastrophic Nepal aftermath
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10.0M viewsWE'RE BACK WITH A FOX NEWS. ALERT. OVER 500 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER. THE CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOOD. TORE THROUGH TOWNS AND VALLEYS. ALONG THE NEPAL-CHINA BORDER. DESTROYING OVER 19 BRIDGES AND. COUNTLESS STRUCTURES. RESCUE TEAMS AND MILITARY. HELICOPTERS CONTINUE THEIR. SEARCH EFFORTS IN HOPES OF. REUNITING FAMILIES AS MORE THAN. 1400 PEOPLE ARE STILL. UNACCOUNTED FOR, INCLUDING AT. LEAST 90 AMERICANS.
NOW, OUR NEXT GUEST GREW UP IN. NEPAL AND NOW LEADING EFFORTS. WITH THE CREWS THAT ARE ON THE. GROUND TO HELP COMMUNITIES LIEN. OUT AND REPAIR. RUPP PA THE ALL HANDS AND HEARTS. NEPAL MANAGER AND SHE JOINS US. NOW. RUPP PA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. JOINING US THIS MORNING YOU. EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO. THIS WITH THE 2015 EARTHQUAKE IN. NEPAL. YOU SAY THIS IS WAY WORSE.
>> YEAH. YEAH, I WAS ONE OF THE. SURVIVORS, I WILL SAY AS WELL. AND LOOKING BACK AT THE. AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND. AFTERMATH OF THIS FLOOD WHAT I. WANT TO SAY IS THE TYPE OF. DISASTER IS JUST THE TYPE OF. DISASTER IS DIFFERENT. BUT, IF YOU SEE THE AFTERMATH,
IT'S DEVASTATING. IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE. DEVASTATION THAT OCCURRED IN. 2015. >> Lawrence: SO, TELL ME ABOUT. THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE SEARCHES. WERE DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE. CONDITION THERE WHAT DO PEOPLE. NEED ON THE GROUND? SO. >> RIGHT NOW WHAT WE CAN SEE IS. THAT THE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.
TRYING THEIR BEST RESCUING. PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND THERE. ARE LIKE PEOPLE, THE SURVIVOR, THEY ARE IN THE HOLDING SHELTERS. AND THERE ARE LIKE TWO OR THREE. HOLDING SHELTERS WHERE WE ARE. BASED AT AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE. PRIORITY IS KEEPING THEM SAFE. AND, OF COURSE, THE NEXT. PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE THEM. IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY RELIEF AND.
RIGHT NOW OUR PRIORITY HAS BEEN. WE ARE ASETTING THE SITUATION IN. COORDINATION WITH LOCAL WILL. LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO GET. THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN REACH. OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED WITH. WHATEVER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. LIKE HELP THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS. LIKE HERE RIGHT NOW. >> Lawrence: RUPA, JUST BY. COVERING THESE SITUATIONS A LOT,
I WONDER DO YOU HAVE THE AMOUNT. OF HELICOPTERS THAT YOU NEED, THE AMOUNT OF MANPOWER, SEARCH. AND RESCUE CANINES ON THE. GROUND, IS THAT THERE CURRENTLY. OR DO YOU ALL NEED MORE OF THOSE. RESOURCES TO COME OUT THERE TO. HELP YOU? >> YEAH, FOR US, I WOULDEN ON. THE GROUND LIKE I SAID ASSESSING. THE SITUATION. OUR NEXT TEAM HAS ALREADY LEFT. FOR KATMANDU WITH EMERGENCY. SUPPLIES AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING.
AT THIS TIME IS LIKE THE HELP, SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE AROUND. THE WORLD, SO, THE SUPPORT FROM. THE PEOPLE WILL ENHELP US TO. REACH OUT TO THE FAMILIES, TO. THE HOUSEHOLD WHO ARE IN MORE. CHALLENGING AREA. THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE CANNOT. REACH TO RIGHT NOW DUE TO LIKE. NO CONNECTIVITY WITH ROADS. ALL THE BRIDGES ARE WASHED AWAY. SO THAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR. CHALLENGE OVER HERE.
AND JUST THAT EVERYONE WHO WOULD. LIKE IT SUPPORT WITH THIS. INITIATIVE THAT WOULD BE VERY. HELPFUL AT THIS TIME. NOT JUST FOR ALL BUT ALL THE. ORGANIZATIONS WILL HELP LOCALS. ON THE G.