Nepal flooding: HUNDREDS dead as rescue efforts underway

. >> Sandra: CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. HAPPENED. THANK YOU. NEPAL IS STILL DIGGING OUT FROM. WEDNESDAY'S MASSIVE FLOODS AND. MUD SLIDES, THEY KILLED 900. PEOPLE AND THERE ARE FEARS. MONSOON RAINS COULD CAUSE MORE. FLOODING. THAT WON'T HELP THE SEARCH FOR. THE 4000 PEOPLE STILL MISSING, 85 ARE AMERICANS. HERE IS TOMMY PICKET. >> WE HAVE SEEN 11 AMERICANS BE. SAFELY EVACUATED AND HAVE NO.

CONFIRMED DEATH OF U.S. CITIZENS. AT THIS TIME. WE ARE COMMITTED TO COORDINATE. WITH LOCALS AND COORDINATE WITH. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO. DELIVER HUMAMANITARIAN ASSISTAN. AND RESPOND TO REQUESTS THEY MAY. MAKE. THIS AREA IS HARD TO REACH AT. BEST OF TIMES AND IT IS MORE SO. BASED OFF THE DEVASTATION. FOLLOWING THE FLOOD SAYS. >> Sandra: HELICOPTERS ARE. SEARCHING FOR AIR AND OTHERS. CARRYING SURVIVORS, FAMILIES ARE.

STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE. >> I WATCHED THE VIDEO AND. THOUGHT HOW HORRIFIC IT WAS. ANDEN THIS THEN IT REGISTERED. THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY. MY MOM RESPONDED AND SAID THAT. IS WHERE HE WAS. THAT IS KIND OF WHEN ALL THE. THOUGHTS AND EMOTION CAME. FLOODING IN. >> THEY WERE JUST TELLING MY. SISTER ABOUT THE AMAZING TIME. THEY HAD IN NEPAL AND CHINA AND. HOW BLESSED THEY FELT TO BE ON.

THE PIPILGRIMAGE. I HAVE THEIR LOCATION AND LAST. TIME THAT WAS ACTIVE WAS AROUND. 8:00 A.M. THAT MORNING. THAT IS ABOUT 40 MINUTES BEFORE. THE FLOOD HIT. >> Sandra: RESCUERS ARE TRYING. TO REACH HUNDREDS OF WORKERS. TRAPPED IN TUNNELS USE BY HYDRO. POWER PLANTS, THEY ARE BURIED BY. MUD. WITH ME IS DAVID FISHER, FROM. RED CROSS AND NEPAL. PLEASE GIVE US LATEST UPDATE YOU.

CAN PROVIDE VIEWERS. >> WELL, IT IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A. VERY, VERY HARD COUPLE DAYS IN. NEPAL. GOOD NEWS IS THAT YESTERDAY A. ROAD WAS OPENED BETWEEN THE. DISTRICTS, BOTH OF WHICH WERE. HEAVILY HIT BY THIS WAVE. THE PEOPLE IN RASUWA HAVE BEEN. ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY HELICOPTER UP. UNTIL NOW AND SO THE NEPAL RED.

CROSS WAS ABLE TO SEND TEAMS. FROM HEADQUARTERS UP TO THE. CENTER OF RASUWA TO JOIN WITH. VOLUNTEERS WHO LIVE IN THE. COMMUNITIES AND START LOOKING AT. HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE HELP. >> Sandra: WHAT SORT OF NUMBERS. ARE YOU WORKING UNDER THE. ASSUMPTION WHEN IT COMES TO. HYDRO-POWER PROJECTS, WHERE. WE'RE TOLD SOME 500 WORKERS. COULD STILL BE TRAPPED. WHAT DO YOU KNOW AT THIS HOUR.

ABOUT THAT? >> THEY ARE STILL INVOLVED IN. RESCUE, EVEN SEVERAL DAYS. AFTERWARD. WE KNOW OVER A DOZEN OF. HYDRO-POWER PLANTS WERE DAMAGED. AND DESTROYED, MANY BUILD. TUNNELS INTO THE BACK OF. MOUNTAINS AND PEOPLE GOT TRAPPED. IN THERE. THIS IS WHAT MOST OF THESE. HELICOPTERS ARE SEARCHING FOR. I WAS IN NOVACOURT, ON SATURDAY.

AND SAW THEM TAKING OFF ONE. AFTER THE OTHER AND PEOPLE WERE. AFFECTED AND THERE THE RED CROSS. HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND HYGIENE ITEMS. AND TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST. EVERYTHING, ESCAPED WITH JUST. CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK, AFTER. WATCHING THEIR RELATIVES CARRIED. AWAY IN MANY CASES. WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WE. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS. YET. >> Sandra: WITH 4000 CONSIDERED.

MISSING, PEOPLE ARE HOLDING OUT. HOPE. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO GET TO. THOSE WHO MAY HAVE SURVIVED AND. DESPERATELY NEED WATER AND FOOD? >> SO THE MILITARY IS PROVIDING. SOME WATER AND FOOD ON SOME. HELICOPTERS. BUT THEY ARE GRADUALLY MOVING. FROM RESCUE TO -- SO SOME FOLKS. ARE GETTING THAT KIND OF HELP. SOME CELL SERVICE HAS BEEN.

RESTORED, A LOT OF THE AREA. DOESN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY SO ARE. OUT OF CONTACT. >> Sandra: DAVID, OUR BEST TO. ALL INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH AND. RESCUE EFFORTS, WE ARE PRAYING. FOR THOSE WHO MAY STILL BE ABLE. TO BE RESCUED AND ARE IF THOSE. WHO ARE GONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TH.