The Nepal Earthquake
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On Saturday 26 April 2015, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the poor, landlocked and mountainous Asian state of Nepal. By 29 April 2015, the death toll in Nepal had risen to more than 5,000.
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Explore why some disasters are worse than others, ways of responding to disasters and ideas for how young people can get involved.
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