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Ago with my colleague natalie allen. he is at the base camp. listen. >> theres still more than hundreds of people stuck on the mountain. they cannot get off the mountain. suddenly, we felt the aftershock. immediately after the shock, we hear avalanches from all the mountains around us. you have to understand, every base camp is in the base camp. theres mountains on all side. avalanches from all sides after each shock we have had. >> yes, the camp where you are, its been described as a bowl. with...

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Uncut, what happened. you saw that giant plume. that was snow and that avalanche simply engulfed all of these trekkers who were at base camp. you saw them by the dozens. this is where they converge before they make their big trek up mount everest and you could hear them as they took cover in their tents. you could hear the heavy breathing. they were simply frightened, not knowing what was gonna happen next. we know that to be a german hiker, the voice that you heard mostly on that tape and that ...

Leaving base camp looking for more safety lower. >> looking for safety lower. we understand that there are -- i mean, ive heard the number of hundreds of people still on that mountain. is there any gauge of how many there truly are there? and is this an evacuation of the mountain in a sense? >> that is the tricky part. one of the positive signs this morning was that some sherpas, everything looked fine. weather was clearing. the helicopters came in. and some sherpas were trying to find the new r...

Mountain. this morning christi paul spoke with one of the few people at base camp. >> people are being helicoptered out. they are focusing on the people stuck on the mountain. then we have the aftershock and a lot of people are now afraid that even being at base camp is a risk. people are leaving base camp. >> conditions may be the worst in the capital of kathmandu where aid is needed the most. i want to bring in the country director at mercy corps for nepal. he is on the phone with us from kath...

Their family says they were very passionate and died doing exactly what they loved. 61-year-old tom taplin on the left of your screen lived in santa monica california and just wrapped up a documentary about the mt. everest base camp where the avalanche hit. his wife told me he was a passionate photographer, filmmaker, and mountaineer. >> he was a larger than life individual. people just gravitated to him. a lot of friends because he was just so much fun and such an inspiration to be around. >> w...

Doctor and he told us that this morning some were trying to walk up. hundreds of people on the mountain. even if the conditions are very, very good and you can get a helicopter up to camp ii to get down, its an $8,000 trip for two persons and there are hundreds of people there. there are climbers from many countries. >> unbelievable. >> here, we have one just coming in to rescue some people off the base camp. >> we hear the helicopter there, carsten. how often do helicopters come in. we have see...

We contemplated driving from here to nepal. we were told it would take three days just to drive to the areas we wanted to reach. its very, very difficult situation over there at the moment. >> well also speak with our meteorologist and get a check on the weather over there. that will play a factor in this. can you give us an understanding about what you are hearing about weather conditions in the lower areas and as you get up toward the mountains? >> reporter: well, we are hearing there have bee...

Keep our fingers crossed, tomorrow, start this helicopter flight fly people over the mountain over the ice wall. jim, when you and those with you do get off the mountain and see really the devastation around you there in nepal what is your plan? are you going to stay to help? are you coming back to the united states? >> no we have to get down first, first of all, like you said and yes, we are going to be able to give whatever aid we can. we have got some medically trained people up here and very...

It was so strong, it was felt in india, bangladesh and china. the india government is offering $3500 to families of the victims in india. many are dead on mt. everest. this picture was taken as an avalanche was hitting, as it hit the base camp. aid organizations are trying to get food, medicine and clean water. several countries have already started shipping supplies into nepal. it is early afternoon right now and aid workers are pouring into the country and the surrounding areas with the food, ...