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The Economist From Espresso: The United Nations will today launch a fresh push for international help for Nepal, which suffered a devastating earthquake last Saturday. As relief operations crank up, the country’s prime minister, Sushil Koirala, has estimated tha Read more ... t the death toll, which has passed 5,000, could yet exceed 10,000. Now the focus will increasingly shift from rescue efforts to helping survivors, many of whom lack food, water or shelter. In Kathmandu, the capital, two-thirds of drinking water is usually delivered by tankers: restoring steady supplies will be crucial. The summer monsoon is due within two months—a tight deadline for beginning reconstruction and improving public health and sanitation. Foreign aid will eventually arrive, but the notoriety of Nepalese civil servants and politicians, who can be staggeringly corrupt and self-interested, suggests problems with its dispersal are likely in the weeks ahead. Ordinary Nepalis risk becoming victims twice over http://econ.st/1zlypyj

TIME “Everything is finished.”

VICE News The recorded death toll from Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake is at 4,356, but this doesn't include rural and hard-to-reach areas.