Four members of the police’s search and rescue unit will be flying to Nepal to help in the disaster relief operations being carried out in that country following a massive earthquake on Saturday. The four search and rescue specialists from the police would be flying out with the disaster response organisation Gift of the Givers later on Tuesday.
Eight million people have been affected by the massive earthquake in Nepal – more than a quarter of the country’s population after a 7.8-magnitude quake hit Nepal on Saturday destroying buildings in Kathmandu and severely affecting rural areas across the region.
The death toll has risen to 4,310, with almost 8,000 injured and International aid has started arriving but there is still huge need for about 1.4 million people in need of food aid.