Tens of thousands sleeping in makeshift camps - DEC chief

A huge international rescue operation is under way in Nepal following Saturday's earthquake.

The Nepali government says the country is short of everything from paramedics to electricity and has deployed almost all its security forces to the rescue effort.

Aid workers say almost no help has reached villages near the epicentre, where it is feared entire communities have been destroyed.

Disasters Emergency Committee Chief Executive Saleh Saeed said that with tens of thousands made homeless, and 7,000 injured, the death toll was likely to be much higher than the 4,000 counted so far.