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Reported to have received some damage but some flights are managed to get in. a number of historic buildings have been destroyed by the fake. the famous hundred foot high d darahara tower was smashed. the quake also triggered a huge avalanche on mount everests with mountaineers tweeting they had to run for their lives. eight people are reported dead at the main base camp and many were up at the mountain when the quake struck and remain unaccounted for. >> kevin piper reporting in nepal. from tha...

[siren] >> at least 30 people killed in neighboring countries including 20 in india the number of dead unfortunately expected to rise dramatically as panicked residents in nepals capital city of kathmadu desperately search the debris including 19th century trapping people inside. officials are urging people to stay out of buildings after 1313 aftershocks hit the area. >> tucker, the quak was so strong it also reportedly triggered avalanches at mount everest. 100 miles away. dozens of mountaineer...

Very strong shaking has been reported. now, what i also want to do is just show you the proximity of mt. everest which is just to the east and northeast of katmandu. and the capital of nepal. remember, were talking about the himalayas across this region. and there have been reports that a sherpa who heads up one of nepals biggest everest expedition said an avalanche has struck the region including mt. everest. everybody was back at base camp from their morning climb, there are quite a few people...

And the airport is operating, but the next 48 hour sz key to allow those survivors to survive further. >> and you mentioned the supplies and relief coming in and the difficulty here is that the capital city the airport in kathmandu is closed. and theres concern about after shaukz shocks and thats why i mentioned people being able to sleep indoors for fear of build buildings collapsing. >> reporter: and at this main base camp for the mountaineers there was a huge avalanche and at least 8 people d...

I suspect now the focus of the investigation now turns to those months where he took a break from training six years ago. thank you for that. crews in the french alps facing a grim task trying to get remains. the crash scene is five acres across. workers must be lowered by cable because there is no place for the helicopters to land. more than 250 families arriving on buses for a private memorial service. we have erin mclaughlin at the base camp in the french alps. >> reporter: christine, that ...

The likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ thats the value of performance. northrop grumman. the good news this week marks the beginning of mountaineering on mt. everest. human waste is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease. the peak has become a fecal time bomb and the mess is gradually sliding back towards base camp. that doesnt include the estimated 10 tons of garbage left of the peak.

Down. >> we needed to have a pond. there was no pond so we built this pond that you see behind us. >> took us a long time to build it. >> all the surrounding walls that could be around it. >> even though we are creating some stuff of our own this quarry was in use 2,000 years ago. >> and action. >> and so filming it gives it that reality that you cant build on a sound stage. but here, people are not used to film crew coming in, setting up a base camp. its new for a city like this. >> it was extr...

Most of the united states. the southwest under winter storm warnings and on the east coast new england could hit with snow rain and freezing rain. bill karins is here with more on the national forecast. is there any place across the country we can get a little bit of warm here? >> florida never got cold. they were probably the only spot in the entire country. i got myself a new screen saver. look at the beautiful shot. you can never take a bad picture with the grand canyon. with the coating snow...

Evangeline is saying? >> they can always try to push arthel. how successful will they be? national security trumps a family or civilians want and deep sire for information. its not going to bring their son back. im not saying that flippantly. hes gone. no amount of information will bring him back. should they be entitled to his autopsy report, if thats that gives them closure? of course. as far as any issues of national security, how the people got on the base camp what they were doing there, wh...

That in todays digital world and information world, as they were flying in on the helicopters, unfortunately, we cant cloak these helicopters. so theres people -- theres tweets going out. theres early warning systems that these terrorists have, just people picking up a phone and saying i see helicopters coming. and when youre seeing out in the middle of a desert on some base camp somewhere on the saudi arabian border its not that difficult to get an early warning. it can take a minute or two to ...