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Essay On Earthquake In Nepal

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Nepal Earthquake April 2015

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Intro
How Did the way that P.M Sushil Koirala Handle
The Crisis, and what was the impact on the people in kathmandu?
What impact has the Earthquake had on Tourism in Kathmandu, and as a result how has society been impacted?

Intro
The April 2015 Earthquake in Nepal, also known as the Gorkha earthquake killed at least 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It effected four different countries.It took place on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8m on the rickter scale. Its epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung and its Hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km. The earthquake was the worst natural disaster to hit Nepal since 1934.

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He was elected as Prime Minister of Nepal by the parliament on 10 February 2014. Sushil Koirala was out of the country when the Earthquake occurred. It’s a controversial topic, as some say he responded well, and others say he didn’t. But he didn’t know how to handle the crisis which led to more than drinking water, hospital beds, gasoline, food and electricity left in short supply. Although the country was warned about the deadly fault they lie on, they were still not prepared for it. The hundreds of rescue workers, were badly treated, tired and starving after rationing off water and noodles. Once he had started to fix the problem people believe he was unprepared, but worked well with the resources and time he had. He shut down schools, petrol stations and atms, declared a three day national mourning, and his top priorities were to rescue the trapped, and save the injured. His actions affected the people of kathmandu, many of the thousands whose home were destroyed, or were to scared to return to their homes because of a lack of information to them, camped out and made refugee camps or just camped out on the streets. Those who couldn’t face being in Nepal were backed up in Nepal’s only international airport, in bad conditions with lack of food and water and filled un cleaned lavatories as Sushil’s priorities were to save

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