Nepal earthquake: British and Irish nationals missing list released as death toll reaches 3,700
The impact of the massive earthquake in Nepal is being felt across the globe, with more than 600 French, 350 Australians, 90 British and Irish and 50 Bangladeshi feared dead, according to the BBC.
But the numbers of missing people could run into thousands as rescue teams race against time to find survivors buried underneath rubble.
The official death toll now stands at more than 3,700 and 6,500 people have been injured.
The 7.8 quake hit east Pokhara, only 40 miles, north west of the city of Kathmandu. It was the worst in 80 years and killed 61 people in neighbouring India and and 20 in China.
At least 18 people, five foreign nationals, including Google executive Dan Fredinburg, were also killed on Mount Everest where the earthquake triggered an avalanche; some 200 climbers have now been rescued from the area. However, there is a desperate helicopter rescue mission underway to evacuate the remaining climbers before food supplies run out.
We are the last team on the hill now. Looks like its over.. Again. Trying to get a chopper via @thebmc. Still sunny o http://t.co/ajdoxq9kf7
— Sam & Alex (@AdventureSOC) April 27, 2015
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have set up a database of 1,500 missing people for relatives.
The Queen has today said she was was "shocked to hear of the appalling loss of life and injuries" caused by the earthquake.
"Prince Philip joins me in extending our deepest sympathy to you and the Nepali people. The thoughts of everyone in the United Kingdom are with the families of all those caught up in this terrible event."
Here is the full list of 90 people missing born of the UK and Ireland.
Abdulla Dahab, 20, London, United Kingdom
Adam Powell, 45, United Kingdom
Alex Murphy, 25, Dublin, Ireland
Andrew Robertson, 56, England
Ann McNeil, 66, Sussex, United Kingdom
Arron Conran, 22, Ireland
Ashrafe Sultana, 31, London, United Kingdom
Brian Allen, 41, Edinburgh
Brian Monteith, 22, Glasgow
Callumn Shally, 21, England
Chloe Pincho, 27, England
Ciaran Sands, 55, Ireland
Cliodhna Cork, 21, Dublin
Daniel Thomas Hughes, 36, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Darine Flanagan, 22, Galway, Ireland
Darren Alexander Smith, 27, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Darren Russell, 26, Wrexham, Wales
Deniz Csern Oklavek, 48, Luton, United Kingdom
Derek Waters, 56, Dartford, United Kingdom
Emma Louise Waterton, 37, United Kingdom
Emmet Gallagher, 33, Dublin, Ireland
Evan Mark Williams, 51, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Fiona Lamont, 26, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Gary Williams, 52, Plymouth, United Kingdom
George Richard Wilson, 69, Manchester, United Kingdom
Hayley Saul, 32, Northampton, United Kingdom
Heather Chan, 34, Dundee, United Kingdom
Heather Stretton, 47, Louth, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Helen Pounder, 21, Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom
Huw Alexander Lashmar, 57, Wales, United Kingdom
Ian Wainman, 42, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Jack Kilpatrick, 24, England
Jack Young, 21, England
Jacqueline Bushe, 54, Donegal, Ireland
Jacqueline Toal, 34, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Janet Brownlie, 59, United Kingdom
Jason Russell, 28 Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Jonathan Hikmet, 25, United Kingdom
Jonathan William Blott, 24, United Kingdom
Joseph Ire Sieder, 45, London, United Kingdom
Karl Townsend, 43, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Kathleen R Fellows, 70, England, United Kingdom
Keith Diplock, 71, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Laurence Benjamin Gerhardt, 24, United Kingdom
Lloyd Davies, 22, United Kingdom
Lynda Davis, 50, Scotland, United Kingdom
Madelana Ryan, 48, Dublin, Ireland
Marilyn Ann Harnett, 65, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
Mark Ian Skenerton, 50, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Martin James Edmonds Gattuso, 38, Harborough Magna, Warwickshire
Martin Oppenheim, 65, England
Martin Thomas Donnelly, 34, Stockport, United Kingdom
Mary Magdelina Claus, 64, Nuneaton
Matthew Caraport, 23, United Kingdom
Matthew David Spruell, 38, London
Matthew Thorne, 36, Stirling, United Kingdom
Maurice Hanley, 54, England, United Kingdom
Maxwell John Hynes Giusti, 45, London, United Kingdom
Mike Russell, 42, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Mitchell Carpenter, 23, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Monica Redenham, 63, London
Naomi Everett, 24, Manchester, United Kingdom
Niall Kavanagh, 54, Dublin, Ireland
Nicholas Cooney, 71, Drogheda, Dublin, Ireland
Norah Arscott, 77, Somerset, United Kingdom
Oliver McKevitt, 24, Northern Ireland
Pat Loughran, 66, Dublin, Ireland
Philip James Green, 30, London, United Kingdom
Rachel McDonald, 26, Kent, United Kingdom
Richard Jones, 59, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Richard Bannister, 64, England
Ross Cameron Smith, 22, Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruth Millington, 25, United Kingdom
Samuel Beckett, 23, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Samuel Luke Bond, 28, Bath, United Kingdom
Seobhan McGuigan, 41, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Shaun Bailey, 27, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Simon Charlesworth, 49, United Kingdom
Sinead Nic Cionna, 31, Monaghan, Ireland
Sonia Downie, 50, London, United Kingdom
Sophie Proffitt, 23, Oxford, United Kingdom
Stephen Burke, 26, Ruislip, United Kingdom
Su Browning, 62, Lambeth, United Kingdom
Susan McDonald, 41, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Susannah Ross, 20, Bath, United Kingdom
Terry Tremble, 56, England
Thomas Drumm, 55, Monaghan, Ireland
Thomas William Southgate, 23, England
Tracy Ruth Powell, 45, United Kingdom
Victoria Barkas, 34, United Kingdom
Newly weds Alex Schneider and Sam Chappatte, who were among the climbers stranded at Mount Everest base camp, spoke of their terror when they "ran for their lives" when the avalanche hurtled towards them.
They wrote on their blog: "We staggered out (of the tent) to see an avalanche coming straight at us.
"A blast of wind knocked us down but we were able to get up and run to shelter behind some tents and anchor ourselves with our axes.
"We focused on keeping an air hole so we could breathe."
Almost 100 aftershocks, including a magnitude 6.7 tremor on Sunday, have hindered rescue efforts and terrorized residents sleeping in open squares and parks, reported AP.
It is believed up to 10,000 people could be lying under rubble in the Kathmandu valley. Buildings and centuries-old temple, including the iconic nine storey Dharahara tower reduced to a 10 metre stump, were brought down by the earthquake.
Lila Mani Poudyal, the government's chief secretary and the rescue coordinator, has appealed for more help from the international community, saying Nepal was short of everything from paramedics to electricity.
"We are appealing for tents, dry goods, blankets, mattresses, and 80 different medicines ... that we desperately need now," he told reporters. "We don't have the helicopters that we need or the expertise to rescue the people trapped."
Udav Prashad Timalsina, the top official for the Gorkha district, where the earthquake was centered, said isolated communities were not getting the help they needed.
"There are people who are not getting food and shelter. I've had reports of villages where 70 per cent of the houses have been destroyed," he said.
Meanwhile Unicef said nearly one million children in Nepal were severely affected by the earthquake.
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