India and Nepal are currently in the middle of a longstanding border dispute, in which Nepal is largely unable to obtain key resources it needs. Nepal is still rallying from two major earthquakes that hit […]
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Five Months Later, Nepal Has Yet To Actually Spend Any Earthquake Aid Money
In April and May of this year, Nepal suffered the worst natural disaster in the country’s history when huge twin earthquakes destroyed many buildings, homes and roadways. The quakes killed almost 9,000 people and left […]
Mount Everest Opens For First Time Since Deadly April Avalanches
Nepal has officially opened Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, to climbers for the first time this season. The treacherous mountain has been closed since an earthquake induced avalanche in April killed 19 mountaineers and […]
Controversial Prize Winning Video Game Sees Users Try To Kill Poachers
A group of teen students from Nepal, called Team Octavian, have created a somewhat controversial video-game depicting the killing of poachers. While some people strongly feel that the act of poaching is heinous and that […]
Las Vegas Rocked By Earthquake
Highlighting just how vulnerable the United States is to a Nepal style disaster, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Nevada on Friday near the small town of Caliente, just northeast of the tourist hub of Las […]
Nepal Rocked By Another 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake
At least 30 more people are dead in Nepal after a new earthquake struck the already-devastated nation early Tuesday morning. The center of the quake was a remote area of eastern Nepal, near the border […]
NASA Tech Finds Four Nepal Quake Survivors By Their Heartbeats
Four men that were trapped under 10 feet of bricks have been rescued in Nepal thanks to a new search and rescue technology developed in partnership with NASA. The device, named FINDER (Finding Individuals for […]
Nepal Quake So Powerful It Changed The Landscape
The deadly quake in Nepal was so powerful that it has also changed the country’s landscape. Case in point: Mount Everest, which satellite data shows shrank after the disaster. According to Europe’s Sentinel-1A radar satellite, […]
Upset Residents Find Nepal Quake Response Lacking
As the death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal four days ago passed 5,000 on Wednesday, officials conceded they had made mistakes in their response. The mistakes left survivors stranded in remote villages waiting […]
Nepal Death Toll Expected To Pass 10,000
As the smoke clears and rescuers reach out to distant villages the death toll is expected to rise considerably in Nepal, Americans.org has learned. Nepal’s prime minister said Tuesday the death toll from the catastrophic […]
Is California At Risk From Nepal Style Earthquake?
As Nepal slow, painfully and sadly recovers from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, it’s important to remember this type of tragedy could strike us right here at home. Specifically in California, one of the […]
700 Dead As 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Slams Nepal,
The tiny mountain nation of Nepal was struck by a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake early Saturday morning. The powerful quake was centered less than 50 miles from Kathmandu. Authorities say at least 700 are presumed […]