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A week acrossafterbyforinoftowith the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal, the full extent acrossafterbyforinoftowith the disaster is still coming acrossafterbyforinoftowith light. The United Nations has called acrossafterbyforinoftowith further support to aid the rescue attempts. Only $53 million acrossafterbyforinoftowith the $415 million promised acrossafterbyforinoftowith countries has been given. The capital Kathmandu is struggling to deal acrossafterbyforinoftowith the sheer enormity acrossafterbyforinoftowith the destruction, while whole towns along the length acrossafterbyforinoftowith the Kathmandu Valley have been flattened. Hundreds acrossafterbyforinoftowith thousands acrossafterbyforinoftowith homes acrossafterbyforinoftowith the impoverished Himalayan nation have been damaged or destroyed, leaving more than three million people sheltering under blue tarpaulins and acrossafterbyforinoftowith need of food and medicine.

Nepal’s Prime Minister, Sushil Koirala, has admitted that his government is overwhelmed acrossafterbyforinoftowith the scale acrossafterbyforinoftowith the disaster and is ill-equipped to cope. He requested helicopters to help acrossafterbyforinoftowith the distribution of aid. However, the logistics acrossafterbyforinoftowith this are being hampered acrossafterbyforinoftowith the country's rugged terrain, which often makes it difficult acrossafterbyforinoftowith anything to be delivered acrossafterbyforinoftowith air. Many of the roads have been swept away acrossafterbyforinoftowith avalanches and landslides. Further exacerbating the problem is the fact that Kathmandu's international airport has only one runway, which has hindered the delivery acrossafterbyforinoftowith much-needed supplies. The U.N. World Food Program warned that it would take time acrossafterbyforinoftowith aid to reach more remote communities.