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The second Saudi relief plane arrived in Syria’s Aleppo on Wednesday as part of the Kingdom’s aid efforts in the quake-struck regions, Al Arabiya

Two more Saudi relief planes arrive in Pakistan

Loved ones here in safety as soon as possible. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. some of the family members, chris, that are waiting here, i can see over a dozen here to my left, again, just holding their breath and waiting to catch a glimp glimpse of their relatives every time one of these relief planes land. chris? >> what they are going through is truly unspeakable. mariana atencio, i know youll keep us updated. on the phone is parliament secretary ivan lewis. mr. secr...

In the mountains, spread out. for much of nepal, you actually need a helicopter to get to these parts and theres only 20 helicopters available. theyre going back and forth every two minutes. i was at the air base, and every two minutes theyre going back and forth, bringing in the injured, taking supplies. but still, its not enough. the airport is jam packed. there is one international airport, there is one runway, only nine parking spots. the relief planes are having a hard time arriving. the un...

Spokesperson for the u.n. world food program. thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. just update me on your efforts there. you obviously have people on the ground. what is their strategy right now? >> these are the early days of course when big emergency operations are messy. we have been on the ground for many many years. just in the last month, we set up humanitarian staging area at the airport in kathmandu for exactly this kind of disaster. we have found that if you put money into prepari...

>> all right. right now, i want to go to new delhi. what do you know about what kind of recovery or rescue efforts will be launched? >> the latest fredricka, relief planes from india have land in kathmandu, relief planes with mobile clinics inside food water, thats what the nepali government requested to the prime minister of india. its route its unclear what the scale of this is really because the numbers that were getting are mainly coming from kathmandu, kathmandu valley and the area around i...