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The fear and panic. at least 17 climbers were killed on everest. all of them were at the base camp. it is peak climbing season there. describing the atmosphere as quiet devastation punkctuated by moments of fear. we will keep you updated on the latest in nepal as it becomes available. lots more news and politics coming up including the unexpected visitor we ran into at the house barber shop. >> just try to keep the hair out of my eyes and look half way respectable.

Died when yesterdays earthquake triggered avalanches all around them there on mt. everest. this is what climbers at the base camp heard and saw. we had a guest who was there and shared this with us. >> they came down, they were large and mass avalanches. when it impacted base camp there was quite a cloud that was rock. we all ducked to cover until the cloud passed and then started dealing with the aftermath. we were lucky. all of nepal is hit pretty hard. we are lucky we have great helicopters c...

Hello again, everyone welcome. im fredricka whitfield. just into cnn, some of the most incredible images yet from mount everest, right after that deadly earthquake in nepal yesterday. take a look at this video from the base camp as it happened. >> the ground is shaking. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> whoa! whoa! whoa! [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ].

[ bleep ]. >> the earthquake shook the snow and the ice on the side of everest, sending avalanches down on to the base camp. at least 17 people there were killed. three of them are americans. we managed to establish a phone connection to everest base camp just a short time ago. i spoke with jim davidson, hes climber from fort collin was, colorado. he survived the earthquake and the avalanche. >> camp one, 19,800 feet on the glacier. we are safe and hanging tough in here but it is kind of nerve w...

Far into china and across the towering himalayian mountain range. back in the city nearly surviving is just one hurdle. finding medical care shelter, food and water is another. thousands of families their homes destroyed, are spending a second night out in the open air. and kathmandus hospitals are overflowing with people who desperately need help or are looking for their loved ones. what im about to show you is what this natural disaster looked and sounded like from right inside in realtime the...

>> at the moment, this morning, before the aftershock, people were being positive. the injured are being helped out. they were getting a little more empty. people started to focusing on the people being stuck in the mountain. but then you have the aftershock and a lot of people are afraid being in the base camp is a risk and people are just leaving base camp. i expect i soon will be the only western climber left in base camp. most people have already left. >> they have left with the sherpas? im ...

>> can you imagine living through something like that? you hear the fear in each and every breath. about 1,000 people were there at the everest base camp. it is the start of climbing season. as i said, we know at least 17 people on the site of everest have been killed and that number very well may rise. the powerful aftershock that hit today was closer to mount everest than the initial earthquake was on saturday and right alongside the devastation, we are seeing remarkable stories of survival. r...

Rock. >> reporter: thousands outside nepal spending the night outside and a concern for a humanitarian crisis. power is out to much of the country and communications limited and food and water and shelter are running scarce. >> that was cnns robbie agowal reporting for us. 17 people died on mt. everest. this is what climbers at the base camp there saw. can you imagine? snow and debris hurdling everywhere. we have on the phone with us a person from catholic relief services in nepal. give us an id...

Triggered a very catastrophic event for this region, allowing for this to unfold right before peoples eyes. the climbers and the sherpas seeing this wall of snow and ice and rock tumble down that steep ravine and valley, eventually, unfortunately, flattening portions of base camp. thats where weve had the fatalities. the slope angle is very, very steep, allowing for gravity to take over after the initial trigger to allow the avalanche to occur. we had a photographer capture the moments of the in...

Kind of video that we came across there on youtube what comes to mind for you? >> immediately, it was my own experience in 99 when a large block of ice many miles above us released and then came down. so in the instance of this avalanche, there was a hanging glacier, so theres a glacier with a big cliff below it between pimori and lanetrain and when that earthquake triggered that many tons of ice came down accelerated over a vertical cliff and then hit the slopes below it. so it picked up along ...