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Climbtories tell me that tom was dead. i guess he was blown abay way by the blast and buried in any rubble. >> reporter: historical buildings, iconic symbols of nepal demolished. the high tower, a landmark tourist attraction completely destroyed. at least 50 bodies pulled from its ruins. >> oh my gosh what incredible pictures sanjay is showing us. you saw there, the earthquake triggered a massive avalanche on mount everest caught on this heart pounding video. at least 17 people were killed there. many are still trapped on the mountain. our coverage continues with cnn's correspondent. >> report...

I guess it's possible. they've talked about this. it got a lot of attention in social media in the clout of the economic clout of the people leading this backlash can't be denied. we will follow this as it goes forward. alisyn the new york post story if you haven't read it this morning, that says in the relative new future you might have a new preacher in town. president obama after he goes may want to go to colombia. >> interesting, we should start booking that right now. thanks so much for that. we are getting back to our breaking coverage of the devastating earthquake in knell nepal. we wil...

Members waiting for family members inside being treated. undergoing surgery. it's just sort of hard to describe what is happening. they continuously bring in supplies from various other places. patients come in in all sorts of different ways by helicopter. by ambulance, by taxi. sometimes carried in by friends and family. it's a part of what's happening here behind me. i don't know how much you can see behind me alisyn. you got the stretchers and everything sort of in the distance. people waiting outside. just a couple floors up. there is a balcony, which is not covered, not protected. there m...

Critical to find survivors. we hope they can do that. thank you for that. we want to bring in dr. sanjay gupta live in kathmandu at a hospital helping to work on some of the victims. sanjay can you hear us? >> reporter: i can hear you, alisyn. i am hat a hospital the largest hospital here in the city. it is a chaotic scene. i will tell you they are taking in hundreds of patients. they had a big influx right after the earthquake. what i was told then for several hours, they didn't have as many patients. that was probably during some of the rescue missions ivan was describing. there are ambulanc...

Either lived or they've died. the people who lived, they are the walking wounded. they are okay. they don't need operation, here it's different situations they are live and it's tenuous. they're on the edge. that's a part of the reason these hospitals are becoming so busy. i will tell you, there was a lull in the number of patients that came in over the past few hours, the ambulance started to come in. people bringing in their loved ones by any means that they can alisyn. >> sanjay we know you have an intense day ahead of you. we will check in with you later in the program. thanks so much. mik...