Quake rescue effort ramps up

KATHMANDU: International rescue teams and relief supplies began arriving in Nepal’s devastated capital Monday to help terrified and homeless survivors of a quake that has killed more than 3,500 people in the impoverished nation.

Equipped with heavy cutting gear and accompanied by sniffer dogs, rescue teams were landing round-the-clock at the country’s only international airport on the outskirts of Kathmandu, the normally vibrant capital which has been devastated by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake.