From lack of resources to destroyed access routes: what difficulties do operatives face in Nepal-Tibet?

The commander of the Loures Firefighters, Ricardo Correia, warned on SIC news about the enormous difficulties faced by rescue workers in Nepal, a country with deficient infrastructure and limited means to respond to the scale of the tragedy. Correia highlighted the lack of adequate equipment, access routes destroyed by floods and the instability of the terrain as the main obstacles, advocating for the need for specialized international aid to address these gaps.

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