RESCUE CRISIS: Major obstacles facing Nepal disaster response
>> Molly: BACK WITH A FOX NEWS. ALERT. THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE. ALONG THE NEPAL-CHINA BORDER. 1500 STILL MISSING INCLUDING 90. AMERICANS. AFTER A GLACIAL COLLAPSE THAT. UNLEASHED A MASSIVE WALL OF. WATER AND MUD. OUR NEXT GUEST IS PART OF. PROJECT HOPE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ON THE GROUND IN NEPAL HELPING.
COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM THIS. CATASTROPHIC DISASTER. THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR GLOBAL. SUPPLY AND SECURITY AT PROJECT. HOME, AHMAD SURRI. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE ON THE. GROUND. WE'VE ALL SEEN THIS HORRENDOUS. VIDEO. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO RESPONSE?
THE BRIDGES ARE MISSING AND. ROADS ARE WASHED OUT. >> THANK YOU, MOLLY. THAT IS OUR FIRST THOUGHT WHEN. WE SAW THE VIDEOS. SINCE WE ARRIVED TWO DAYS AGO, ACCESS IS ONE MAJOR CONCERN. ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE. AFFECTED. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REACH. THE AFFECTED AREA WHILE TRYING. OUR BEST TO DO THE RAPID. ASSESSMENT FOR THE MOST NEED.
LIKE HEALTH NEED. SO FAR WE ARE NOT ABLE TO REACH. THE AFFECTED AREA. AS YOU MENTION IN YOUR REPORT, TWO HOURS AGO OR MORE THAN TWO. HOURS AGO, THE GOVERNMENT. ANNOUNCED ANOTHER ALERT AND THEY. EVACUATED SOME RESCUE TEAM. >> Molly: THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL. COUNTRY, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER. THE WORLD GO THERE TO SEE D. INCREDIBLE MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS. THAT MADE THIS SUCH A.
DEVASTATING EVENT. THERE ARE PEOPLE MISSING, AMERICANS, OF COURSE, INDIA, FRANCE, THE U.K. HOW HAS THE GLOBAL RESPONSE. BEEN? ARE YOU GETTING ASSISTANCE YOU. NEED? >> SO FAR LIKE IT IS I BELIEVE. ONLY TO DECIDE HOW TO GET. RESPONSE. WE ARE REACHING OUT TO OUR. DONORS AND ADVOCATE RESPONSE AND.
ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH. ALL OUR PARTNERS TO GET SUPPORT. IN TERMS OF GIFT IN KIND AND. OTHER SUPPORT. AS YOUS MENTIONED, THIS IS. GLOBAL, AS MANY AS MORE THAN 27. COUNTRIES ARE MISSING PEOPLE. FROM THESE COUNTRIES. >> Molly: WHAT DOES PROJECT HOPE. NEED RIGHT NOW? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS VERY. DIFFICULT SITUATION?
>> OUR PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE. THAT THE HEALTH SYSTEM ASSIST. AND WE KNOW WHAT THE GAPS, HEALTH GAPS AND THE HUMANITARIAN. NEEDS. WE CANNOT INTERRUPT THE RESCUE, WE NEED TO DO ASSESSMENT AND GET. READY FOR NEXT STEP. PROJECT HOPE, THANK YOU FOR.
BEING ON THE GROUND AND KEEPING.
