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00:35As of today, we are told by authorities that more than 500 people have been confirmed dead.
01:04Our Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, said today that humanitarians are moving at speed to save lives
01:12with OCHA and partners from the World Health Organization, the World Food Program, UNICEF, and various NGOs assisting national authorities
01:20in Nepal to deliver urgent life-saving support.
01:24In Nepal, our resident coordinator, from whom you heard yesterday, Lila Peter Yahya, is leading our support for the government
01:34-led response.
01:36Earlier today, she and UN colleagues visited the Bidur municipality in Nuwakot, one of the flood-affected districts.
01:44She was able to see firsthand the massive destruction where early assessments show that about 11,000 hectares of land
01:51and 45 kilometers of roads have been damaged.
01:55That visit was cut short by a new flood alert while the team was on the ground.
02:00As you know, there are risks of more floods coming.
02:03In that district, over 1,000 people are sheltering at five known displacement sites.
02:08But these are preliminary figures and we're working to confirm the locations of people displaced in other localities and districts.
02:16Despite the damaged roads and landslides that continue block access, we're starting to get a better sense of what are
02:23immense needs of the population.
02:25Our partners working on food security estimate that at least 20,000 households across the Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts may
02:33need food assistance.
02:35Over 50,000 people require emergency water, emergency sanitation, and emergency hygiene support.
02:43Partners working on nutrition estimate that some 17,000 children, 1,500 pregnant and breastfeeding women, and 9,000 adolescents
02:53need immediate nutrition support.
02:55At least 23 schools in those districts will need to be rehabilitated.
03:00We and our partners are working alongside the authorities in Nepal to scale up distribution of food, shelter, and healthcare,
03:07and other critical supplies.
03:15We're working with police officers to bring parents to the
