Helicopter Evacuates Hikers From Nepal's Namche Bazaar

Operations continued to rescue people stranded in the Himalayas on Monday, April 27, after a devastating earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25. This video is described as showing a group being evacuated from Namche Bazaar, an area in the Khumbu region popular with hikers.

Some houses around Namche Bazaar and nearby Dingboche were flattened in the quake, according to DNA News.

At least eight million people have been affected by Saturday’s earthquake and aftershocks, with more than 1.4 million people in need of food assistance, according to the UN. Credit: Facebook/Mitchell Morley