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Base camp area following the devastating nepal earthquake. dan was also there. a mountain climber among the three americans killed on mt. everest and many of you who may be watching at home may want to know how to help. go to cnn.com/impact for more. carol? >> all right. nick valencia reporting. thanks so much. still to come in the "newsroom," 300 hillary clinton e-mails investigated looking into the benghazi attack. what do they say? we'll talk about that next. ♪music continues♪ [announcer] everyone works hard for a reason. working together,we can help you prepare financially for when t...

Impact and tells those around him to stay together. a terrifying few moments there. many climbers and sherpas survived but many did not. national reporter nick valencia has more on the two climbers from america who perished. >> reporter: we want to give you meaning to the numbers and bring you personal stories of the victims of the earthquake. we know at least 17 people lost their lives as a result of the avalanche that was triggered by the earthquake when they were hiking on mt. everest. dan fredinburg was on mt. everest when he was kept away from the avalanche. the day after, his sister went...

Quickly, we would probably also be in that pile of rubble. >> the streets of kathmandu are virtually impassable at this point. the streets are piled with rubble, bodies and shell shocked victims too afraid to go indoors. >> incredible images. on mt. everest a deadly disaster is playing out on the slopes during the peak of climbing season, that earthquake triggered a massive avalanche that killed more than a dozen tourists. and hundreds more are still stranded. abc's hamish mcdonald has the latest. >> at everest base camp, jost kobusch does not know what is about to hit him. he and his team rea...

Frightened by the aftershocks, to dare to go inside so they are sleeping and resting out into the streets, shops, schools, closed here. back to you. >> all right. ivan watson reporting. cnn's nick valencia joins me now. three americans died as a result of this earthquake. tell us about them. >> yes, carol, that's right. we know that at least 17 people were killed on mt. everest. among them at least three americans. we want to try to bring meaning to those numbers. bringing some very personal stories of those who were impacted by this devastating earthquake. dan fredinburg was a google execut...

Murore survivors rescued, pulled from crumbled buildings after a huge and deadly earthquake. this is kathmandu, capital of nepal, the center of saturday's tragic earthquake is just a few miles from there. the number of people killed has now reached about 2,500. most of them right in nepal. that number will very likely rise when those search and rescue teams get started again as the sun comes up. the earthquake and aftershocks rattle the world's highest mountain. we're talking about mt. everest. where about 1,000 climbers were at various base camps when the earthquake hit and triggered enormous...