'We're in a race against time to get off': Desperate rescue mission to save dozens stranded on Everest - as terrifying video emerges of the moment giant avalanche engulfed climbers
- Video shows moment earthquake hit and triggered avalanche on Everest, killing up to 18 climbers and sherpas
- Climbers running for their lives and sheltering in tents. Ex-soldier who took the video said he felt ground shaking
- James Grieve, speaking from Camp One, said rescue effort hampered by storms and supplies running out
- More than 3,700 people have died in the disaster across the Himalayas with scores still unaccounted for
- Officials say the death toll could climb to 10,000 as rescue teams continue to pull people from demolished buildings
- The earthquake is Nepal's worst natural disaster for 81 years while Everest has never seen so many die on one day
A desperate helicopter rescue mission is under way on Everest following huge earthquake-triggered avalanches, with one British mountaineer there speaking of a 'race against time' to pluck around 120 people to safety as food runs out.
A British pair of honeymooners, Sam and Alex Chappatte, trapped at Base Camp One, tweeted this morning 'we are the last team on the hill now. Looks like its over.. Again. Trying to get a chopper'. They then wrote 'fog creeping up the valley'. However, they seem to be in good spirits, with their latest tweet reading: 'All Alex keeps talking about is her need for a glass of wine.. Some of us are more chilled out than others.'
Later a British teenager who was rescued from Camp One and taken to Base Camp spoke of feeling 'emotionally trashed' by the experience.
The death toll from the tragedy has reached over 3, 700, with around 6,300 injured. Up to 100 Americans are missing in the region, along with around 50 Britons.
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Amateur video footage shows how a group of climbers ran for their lives as the Nepal earthquake hit at Everest Base Camp yesterday
James Grieve (pictured), 52, speaking over a satellite phone from Camp One on the world's highest peak said that the rescue effort was being hampered by storms
James Grieve, 52, speaking over a satellite phone from Camp One on the world's highest peak said that the rescue effort was being hampered by storms and the party's supplies would last only a few more days. His partner said that despite his traumatic experience, he is in 'good spirits'.
He was speaking as terrifying amateur video footage emerged of a massive avalanche – triggered by the quake - hitting Everest base camp.
Climbers, including several Britons, have been cut off from it.
Nepal's mountaineering department said at least 18 people had been killed and 61 were injured in the avalanche, while an unknown number were still missing.
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Mr Grieve, of Kinross, Scotland, told The Sun on Sunday: 'Everyone is apprehensive about what's happening and what will happen in the next 24 hours. We have a few days of food and drink left. Our tents have all been lost and we have around 18 dead bodies at base camp.
'Rescue teams are struggling to get us help due to the weather and the next few days' forecasts are not great. There is a lot of confusion in the camp and there are still about 120 of us here waiting to be rescued.
'We are in a race against time to get off the mountain.'
He estimated up to 50 people had been killed and said there was a plan for helicopters to rescue them on Monday, although 'the choppers are only taking two people off at a time'.
He said he believed it could be Wednesday when they would be brought to safety but warned of a forecast metre of snow which could set search teams back.
Mr Grieve, an engineer who works in Kazakhstan, has spoken to his partner, Shirley McGhie, 40, in Kinross to reassure her he is safe.
She said the contact with him has helped to ease her fears and she is confident he will get off the mountain safely.
Ms McGhie told the Press Association on Monday: 'We did speak yesterday and there were still good spirits regarding the situation.
'He's aware that he's going to have to spend a couple of days there and I'm aware that they've got two days' supply of food. But what happens after that, I'm not really too sure.'
She said no-one on his team is injured or missing, although they are anxious to be rescued and ultimately get home.
Ms McGhie went on: 'My understanding is there are 12 choppers, with two climbers getting rescued at any given time. That will be 24 at any time coming down.
'People are aware that it's a slow process and they just have to sit tight where they are.'
Of her partner, she added: 'He still remains in good spirits. He doesn't seem overly concerned or worried at the moment. He is fit and healthy, just a little bit cold. He's aware it's a slow process and I think they're just keen to get on the ground now.'
The Sun said he was in a party with fellow British climbers Alex Staniforth, 19, of Chester, expedition leader Daniel Mazur, from Bristol, and Sam and Alex Chappatte, from London.
Fear was etched on the faces of the climbers as they saw the cloud of snow and debris hurtling towards the camp in the Himalayas
Amateur video footage shows a huge wall of snow and debris hurtling towards Everest Base Camp as climbers run for cover
Climbers ran for their lives and then took refuge in their tents and waited for the cloud of snow to pass
Stranded: Alex Staniforth (left) and Dan Mazur (right) are two of the British climbers on Everest lined up to be rescued by helicopter
Honeymooners Sam and Alex Chappatte are trapped on Everest in a team being led by Daniel Mazur
US climber Garrett Madison (left) was leading a group up the mountain when the avalanche hit. His medic, Dr Marisa Eve Girawong (right) was killed when ice and rock crushed the 18,000-foot-altitude base camp where she was working
After the 6.7-magnitude aftershock, Mr Mazur tweeted: 'Aftershock @ 1pm! Horrible here in camp 1. Avalanches on 3 sides. C1 a tiny island. We worry about icefall team below.. Alive?'
He later said: 'Icefall scouts back w/ news: GOOD: route is there. BAD: it sustained damage. V BAD: icefall Sherpas bc gone; ran away to Namche!'
His latest tweet, sent on Monday morning, read: 'Helicopters are now rescuing climbers and sherpas from Camp One on Everest, back down to Base Camp.'
A US leader of a trekking team stranded on Everest has explained how they struggled down the mountain and had to wait to be rescued when they realised they were stranded.
Climber Garrett Madison was leading a group up the mountain when the avalanche hit.
He told Today: 'I was leading the team in the Western Cwm, a valley between Camp One and Camp Two, and we were about two thirds of the way up when we heard an awful noise and heard avalanches coming down either side of the valley. We thought we were going to get wiped out but we were only dusted by a snow cloud.'
Mr Madison led the group of 13 up to Camp Two where they contacted Base Camp and heard it had been almost 'obliterated.' The group's medic, Dr Eva Girawong, originally from New Jersey, was working out of Base Camp and was killed in the avalanche.
Mr Madison said they managed to trek down around 1,500ft this morning to Camp One but had to stay there to be rescued, as their supplies dwindled, because the avalanche had completely destroyed any routes down to Base Camp.
Staff at the University of Leicester where Dr Girawong was studying mountain medicine, paid tribute to her
Dr Girawong's tutor Dr Peter Barry, of the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, said: 'She had plans to continue her work in the mountains and was excited about the adventures ahead of her. This is a real loss to our community. Our thoughts are with her family and friends, and all those affected by this tragedy.'
Danish climber Carsten Lillelund Pedersen posted dramatic footage on his website Use The World of one of the first rescue helicopters to reach Everest.
It shows it landing on rocky terrain and two rescuers in yellow and black clothing being led to those in need of help.
The horrifying video of an avalanche hitting Base Camp was taken by climber Jost Kobusch, who worked in the Special Forces in the German Mountain Army. He said he felt the ground shaking and saw people sprinting away from the cloud of snow.
Dutch climber Eric Arnold described in a moving blog the horror of walking through Base Camp afterwards, which he described as a 'crash site'.
He wrote: 'We walk through the base camp and see if we can help somewhere. We can not do anything. In the morning the weather is equally clear. At that time, 35 wounded by helicopter to Kathmandu transported. Seventeen people have sadly deceased by the disaster. The camps of Adventure Consultants and Summit Climb are particularly badly hit.
Video footage shows climbers emerging from their tents to find the Everest Base Camp flattened
Rescuers in Nepal are searching frantically for survivors of the huge earthquake, which is believed to have killed 2,500
'I see very personal stuff - a log book, shampoo, slippers, reading glasses, everything. It reminds me of the images of a crashed plane. BC is nothing more than a crash site at this time. Some deaths have a face, a cameraman who walked two days in our camp is no longer alive.'
Alex Staniforth was at Camp One on the world's highest peak when the devastating quake hit.
He was airlifted back to base camp on Monday morning where he has joined other stranded climbers and is now waiting to be transferred to the capital, Khatmandu, so he can return to his family and friends in the UK.
In a statement, Mr Staniforth's support team said: 'Alex was airlifted from Camp 1 back to Base Camp earlier this morning.
'His sleeping tent was destroyed by the avalanche and he feels extremely lucky to be alive.
'Alex is completely devastated at the tragic loss of lives of so many people, many whom he classed as friends both around Everest Base Camp and in the region.
'We are hoping that he can be airlifted to Kathmandu over the next 24 hours for his safe passage home to his family and friends.'
Earlier a tweet from his team in the UK said: 'From Alex: 'Evacuated to base camp. Emotionally trashed and all gear swept away. Very lucky to be alive, please let everyone know.'
The teenager's mother, Debbie Brooks, said: 'We are all very worried but very relieved that Alex is unhurt and now at Base Camp after being stranded at Camp 1 for two nights.
'We just want to get him home now so we know he is safe. We are very sad for the families who have not been so lucky and our thoughts go out to the people of Nepal.'
Mr Staniforth said he is 'incredibly shocked by the experience' but urged people to donate to the disaster fund.
The young adventurer had been attempting to climb Mount Everest in honour of the Sherpas who were killed in last year's avalanche at Base Camp.
Selina Dicker, 38, of Fulham, south-west London, was forced to run for her life as the wall of snow and rocks tore through the Everest base camp
A rescue helicopter prepares to land and airlift the injured from Everest Base Camp the day after the avalanche
A helicopter prepares to rescue people from camp one and two at Everest Base Camp, Nepal
Google executive Dan Fredinburg died while climbing Everest during the massive Nepal earthquake on Saturday. Fredinburg was privacy director for the company's Google X team, which is responsible for some of the search company's more forward-thinking initiatives
Numb: Amanda Holden has told how her sister is trapped on Mount Everest after the devastating earthquake
Another British climber has spoken of how she cheated death on Mount Everest for the second time in a year when she ran to a ridge to escape the quake-triggered avalanche.
Selina Dicker, 38, of Fulham, south-west London, was forced to run for her life as the wall of snow and rocks tore through the Everest base camp.
She was at the same camp on April 18 last year when an avalanche killed 16 sherpas who were climbing ahead of her group, carrying supplies further up the mountain.
The tragedy forced Miss Dicker who is head of lending for finance company Europa Capital Mezzanine to give up her first attempt on the summit.
She returned to Nepal at the end of March to try and climb the mountain again only to nearly die in the avalanche on Saturday.
Miss Dicker described her latest ordeal in a satellite phone call to her parents Christopher and Gail Dicker at their home in Ranworth, Norfolk.
She told how she and a couple of team members managed to outrun the avalanche and got to the safety of a ridge,
But the avalanche killed Google executive Dan Fredinburg who was in her climbing party organised by Sheffield-based Jagged Globe. Another two members of her party were seriously injured.
Mrs Dicker, 61, said: 'I am absolutely relieved she's alive - she's a very lucky girl.
On Monday Amanda Holden revealed that her sister was trapped on Mount Everest after the earthquake in Nepal.
Holden, who was interviewing search and rescue experts on ITV's This Morning, said: 'My sister (Debbie) is climbing Mount Everest and very luckily she is at a place that is the last camp before you get to Base Camp 1 on the south side, and there was only four of them left at that camp because my sister was suffering so badly from altitude sickness she didn't walk up to Base Camp - which actually, potentially, might have saved her life.'
She said her sister had been able to send a text message to her family from a friend's phone to say she was safe.
In a message to Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, the Queen said today that she was 'shocked to hear of the appalling loss of life and injuries' caused by the earthquake, adding that her 'thoughts and prayers are with the victims'.
CCTV footage has also emerged of the moment the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck a home on Ichangu Narayan hill in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Danish mountaineer Carsten Lillelund Pedersen posted a video on his Facebook page of one of the first rescue helicopters on Everest
A British pair of honeymooners, Sam and Alex Chappatte, trapped at Base Camp One, tweeted this morning 'we are the last team on the hill now. Looks like its over.. Again. Trying to get a chopper'
One of the specialists (in yellow and black) from the first rescue helicopters is shown where help is needed
Dozens of climbers were attempting to ascend to the summit of Everest when the earthquake struck
This picture from climber Carsten Pedersen shows one of the first rescue helicopters sent to rescue people from Base Camp One
Families across the world are scrambling to find information about loved ones still missing in the Himalayas.
The death toll has risen past 3,700, with Nepalese officials speculating it could reach 10,000. More than 6,000 have been injured across the region.
Among the 65 Britons still listed as missing by the Red Cross are Samuel Bond, 28, from Doynton, South Gloucestershire, Ashrafe Sultana, 31, from North London, and Keith Diplock, 71, from East Sussex.
Others feared missing have made contact with their families, including Tara Bradshaw, 24, from Brighton, Laura Wood, 23, from Huddersfield, Sebastian Lovera, 22, from Tonbridge, Kent, and Sophie Proffitt, 23, from Kidlington, Oxford. Julia Carroll, 22, managed to get a Facebook message to her mother Denise in Boxford, Suffolk, saying simply: 'I'm alive.' Sheffield-based adventure company Jagged Globe said it had contacted seven of its eight teams in the Everest region.
It said its remaining group of 13 people was in a remote area and may not be aware of the earthquake. Alexandra Aitken, the daughter of former Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken, was in Nepal but has made contact with her family to say she was unhurt.
The immense force of the quake can be seen in the surveillance footage as the trees are shown shaking violently from side-to-side.
A rescue chopper prepares to land, carrying people from higher camps to Everest Base Camp in Nepal
A person critically injured in the avalanche is carried on a stretcher to be evacuated out of Everest Base Camp
James Grieve, 52, told a newspaper over a satellite phone from Camp One on the world's highest peak that the rescue effort was being hampered by storms
Family members can also be seen running for cover as roof tiles smash onto the garden below.
As many as 18 climbers, including three Americans, and sherpas are feared dead after the series of avalanches at Everest Base Camp.
The video of the avalanche, which has been viewed almost 1,000 times of YouTube, shows climbers taking refuge in their tents.
One climber can be heard saying: 'The ground is shaking.'
The camera then pans round just as the massive wall of snow starts speeding towards them.
On Sunday night, Deputy Inspector General of the Kathmandu police Komal Singh Bam said on Monday that the death toll had risen to 3,218 people but he gave no further details.
Kathmandu district chief administrator Ek Narayan Aryal said tents and water were being handed out on Monday at 10 locations in Kathmandu, but that aftershocks were leaving everyone jittery.
'There have been nearly 100 earthquakes and aftershocks, which is making rescue work difficult. Even the rescuers are scared and running because of them,' he said.
Tens of thousands spent the night sleeping in parks or on a golf course. Others camped in open squares lined by cracked buildings and piles of rubble.
Volunteers work to remove debris at the historic Dharahara tower in Kathmandu, which collapsed when the earthquake struck
Members of India's Second Battalion National Disaster Response Force stand in a queue as they leave for Kathmandu to assist in the search and rescue operation
'We don't feel safe at all. There have been so many aftershocks. It doesn't stop,' said Rajendra Dhungana, 34, who spent the day with his niece's family for her cremation at the Pashuputi Nath Temple in Katmandu. 'I've watched hundreds of bodies burn.'
A newly married couple and a pregnant woman are among dozens of climbers and travellers who were caught up in the devastating earthquake.
Alex Chappatte and her new husband Sam wrote of their terror as avalanches broke around them and they were forced to take shelter at their camp half-way up the world's tallest mountain.
Other adventurers described seeing 'car-sized boulders' as Everest shook for two minutes as a result of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake - but dozens of climbers have still not been heard from after the disaster.
Desperate relatives have posted pictures and descriptions of loved ones online in the hope they can be found as the death toll continues to grow.
In Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, the bodies of those buried alive have been laid in the street beneath white sheets. Their grieving relatives have prepared them for cremation, setting up make-shift funeral pyres in the city's open spaces.
The death toll has reached 56 in India, most of them from Bihar state, while 17 Chinese nationals in Tibet also died.
Those who managed to get away from the epicenter were met with chaos at transport hubs, with flights being diverted away from Tribhuvan International Airport.
An aftershock struck the region early this morning, shaking even more buildings across India and Nepal and prompting fears for the hundreds of climbers who are still stranded on the world's highest peak.
The violent shake was one of 60 aftershocks which have hit the region in the past 36 hours following Saturday's 7.8 earthquake.
The quake - the biggest to hit the country since 1934 - reduced the historic Nepalese capital to rubble in a matter of minutes.
This morning's huge aftershock left locals afraid to return to their homes, with makeshift refugee camps and tent cities erected across the city to provide shelter for those effectively left homeless.
Several of the most recognisable buildings in Kathmandu. including towers and temples, now lie in rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the country yesterday morning.
SARAID a charity specialising in rescuing people trapped in collapsed buildings, is taking 1.5 tonnes of equipment including sound and vibration detectors, search cameras and cutting equipment.
HUNDREDS OF CLIMBERS STRANDED ON EVEREST AWAITING RESCUE
More than 700 climbers are stranded on Mount Everest awaiting helicopters after the avalanche blocked off all access points.
Between 17 and 19 people were killed when ice and rock crushed the base camp on Saturday.
On Sunday morning, a fleet of six helicopters managed to lift 22 of the most injured climbers and sherpas to Kathmandu for treatment.
But bad weather, continued aftershocks, and poor communication has scuppered subsequent trips, leaving hundreds stranded.
The avalanche started on the nearby 23,000-foot Mount Kimori, which sent ice and rock speeding down the mountain towards the base camp.
Aftershocks, measuring around 6 on the Richter scale, have continued to pile snow on to the remaining trails, meaning it is no longer safe to attempt a climb down.
More than 700 climbers are stranded on Mount Everest awaiting helicopters after the avalanche blocked off all access points
One expedition instructor, Daniel Mazur, managed to tweet an update from the mountains at midday Eastern Time.
He informed his followers a route had been found but it is badly damaged. Most of the sherpas assisting their climb, he said, have fled to the nearby village of Namche.
Another, Adrian Ballinger, tweeted from the Tibetan side of the Himalayas.
He said the survivors have shared 'shots of blessed whiskey, hugs and smiles' as they await rescue.
American cardiologist Ellen Gallant has been providing medical assistance to the injured climbers that missed the helicopter.
She told AFP how, despite their efforts, one young Nepali man died due to lack of treatment.
'Of the nine patients, one of them died last night - a 25-year-old sherpa. His blood pressure had fallen - there was nothing we could do.
'When you go to medical school, you learn to focus on the task at hand. But now that things have settled down, it's hit me hard. That young man... shouldn't have to die.'
CCTV footage has also emerged of the moment the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal
The immense force of the quake can be seen in the surveillance footage as the trees are shown shaking violently from side-to-side
The disaster has underlined the woeful state of Nepal's medical facilities. The country has only 2.1 physicians and 50 hospital beds for every 10,000 people, according to a 2011 World Health Organization report.
Officials fear hospitals may begin running out of crucial supplies at any moment. Trauma surgeons have begun operating on the critically wounded in tents after losing their theatres to the devastation.
'We only have one operation theatre here. To be able to provide immediate treatment we require 15. I am just not able to cope,' said Dipendra Pandey, an orthopaedic surgeon at the National Trauma Centre.
'Both private and government hospitals have run out of space and are treating patients outside, in the open,' said Nepal's envoy to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay.
FOREIGNERS IN NEPAL AT THE TIME OF THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE
Here are details released by some foreign governments on citizens who were in Nepal at the time the earthquake hit on Saturday, killing more than 3,200 people.
The 7.9-magnitude quake struck at midday at a busy time of year for tourism-reliant Nepal's trekking and climbing season, with an estimated 300,000 foreign tourists in the country, several hundred of those on Mount Everest.
Countries are listed in alphabetical order.
AUSTRALIA: 549 Australians registered as travelling in Nepal, 200 confirmed safe. No reports of Australian deaths.
AUSTRIA: Around 250 Austrians in Nepal, no reports of any casualties.
BANGLADESH: Fifty nationals, including members of the country's under-14 girls' football team, evacuated. No information on exact number of nationals in Nepal.
BRITAIN: Several hundred Britons believed to be in Nepal. No reports of deaths or injuries.
CHINA: State news agency Xinhua, quoting the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu, reports four people confirmed dead and 10 seriously injured. Xinhua said at least 20 people were killed in Tibet.
COLOMBIA: Seven nationals missing. No reports of any deaths or injuries.
CROATIA: Four tourists, all accounted for.
CZECH REPUBLIC: 155 nationals in Nepal, 54 have not yet been contacted.
ESTONIA: About 30 Estonians were known to be in Nepal, according to its foreign ministry. One has been reported dead and four are unaccounted for.
FRANCE: French authorities have located 1,098 nationals, but another 674 are still not in touch. No reports of casualties.
GREECE: Two Greek nationals safe.
INDIA: Five Indians killed in Nepal, and another 66 in Indian regions over the border. So far, 1,417 Indians evacuated from Nepal.
INDONESIA: Thirty-four nationals in Nepal, 18 of them residents. Eighteen have not yet been contacted.
IRELAND: About 100 citizens in the affected region. Many have been contacted.
ISRAEL: About 600 Israelis estimated to be in Nepal. About 400 have been contacted, most of them sheltering at the embassy in Kathmandu. These include 25 couples in Nepal to bring home babies born to surrogate mothers.
ITALY: More than 300 Italians in Nepal have been traced, others not yet contacted.
JAPAN: Japan's Foreign Ministry said one Japanese man was killed and a woman was injured. Some 1,100 Japanese living in Nepal are registered with the embassy, but no information on the number of nationals travelling through.
LATVIA: Forty-one nationals have been contacted. No reports of injuries.
LITHUANIA: Fifty-five Lithuanian nationals in Nepal, of whom five were not reachable.
MALAYSIA: Two Malaysians are missing. A team of Malaysian climbers at the Everest base camp are among those who have been accounted for and are safe.
MEXICO: Twenty-eight Mexican nationals are safe. One missing.
NORWAY: About 150 nationals in Nepal, no reports of any dead or injured.
PAKISTAN: About 30 nationals have been evacuated from Nepal, no information on exact number.
PHILIPPINES: Two Filipino climbers are reported safe.
PORTUGAL: All seven Portuguese known to be in Nepal are safe.
ROMANIA: Twenty-eight Romanians in Nepal, including mountaineer Alex Gavan and three others, all reported to be safe.
RUSSIA: Tass news agency, citing Emergencies Ministry, says no casualties among Russians.
SINGAPORE: No information on the exact number, but the majority of the registered Singaporeans in Nepal have been contacted.
SRI LANKA: Around 100 Sri Lankans have sought help for evacuation. No casualties reported.
SOUTH KOREA: Three nationals injured in the earthquake. 650 residents and as many as 1,000 travellers are estimated to have been in Nepal.
SWEDEN: Around 150 Swedes known to be in Nepal, no reports of casualties. Most have been accounted for.
TAIWAN: Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said 179 Taiwanese were in Nepal at the time of the quake. Of those, 152 had been confirmed safe, the whereabouts of the other 27 were unknown.
THAILAND: Sixty-six Thais, including six medical students, are reported to be safe.
UNITED STATES: Three Americans killed.
Names of those missing in Nepal begin to emerge
Families and friends of those in Nepal when the quake struck have been scrambling for information about their well-being. No Britons have been confirmed as dead, but the Red Cross has produced a list of those who are still missing.
Mitchell Carpenter (left), 23, from Aberdeen and Michael Walker from Devon are missing in Nepal following the huge earthquake
Fears are growing for missing young traveller Susannah Ross, 20, who hasn't been in touch with her family and friends since Friday
Up to 100 Americans, meanwhile, are unaccounted for across the region
On Sunday night, new posts were submitted to the missing persons register for Mendy Losh and Danny Cole, two friend from New York's Crown Heights district.
Cole, a father of four, and Losh had planned to embark on a climb up Everest after arriving in Nepal last week, according to Facebook posts from their friend Zevi Steinhauser.
A 32-year-old adventurer from Colorado Springs, Andrew Lamar Goggans, is also missing, as is 62-year-old Beverly Brooks Brown from Biloxi, Mississippi, and 26-year-old Philadelphia man Benjamin Schneider.
Up to 100 missing Americans: Mendy Losh (left, on the left) and father-of-four Danny Cole (left, on the right), from Crown Heights in New York, have been registered missing in Nepal. Aaron Lamar Goggans (right), a 32-year-old adventurer from Colorado, is also missing
Missing: Josh Edwards, 19 (left), and Dawn Lightfoot, 30, (right) are among the American citizens still unaccounted for
Fears: Michelle Page, 50 (left), and Christine Bedenis are also still missing. Authorities and charities are struggling to piece together information to send back to families
A British tourist volunteering at a school in Nepal is among those believed to be safe.
Paula Nightingale, 45, is said to have escaped serious harm when the earthquake struck as she was helping out at the Mondo Challenge Foundation project in Helambu.
Her friends in West Wittering, West Sussex, were anxious for news of the 'kind-hearted chatterbox' following the disaster.
It finally came the following day when a school trustee sent a tweet confirming that Ms Nightingale, a former cruise ship director, was safe.
Friend Susie Macmillan said: 'We were pretty frantic, waiting for news.
'Paula was adopted but both her adoptive parents had died and she doesn't really have any family so we were worried that nobody would know to look for her.
'My husband said we would give it a couple days then he would get his backpack on and go looking for her.
'Paula and I have been very close friends for years, and my children all know her as Auntie P.
'We were obviously very concerned, and then the tweet finally came. It was just such a relief.'
However, fears are growing for a cafe worker missing in Nepal after telling friends she was going trekking before the earthquake struck.
Susannah Ross, 20, from Bath, Somerset, arrived in the country last month to work on a farm and travel.
She planned to leave the farm at the end of last week to go trekking, possibly in Thamel, Kathmandu.
Miss Ross last made contact with friends and family on Friday and has been reported missing.
Friend Amber Rulach described Miss Ross as a 'fairly experienced traveller'.
Traveller Samuel Bond, 28, from Doynton, South Gloucestershire, still hasn't made contact with his family since he set off for Everest base camp on Thursday.
The blogger left Jiri in Nepal with two friends destined for the camp, without sherpas or guides.
He had told pals he would be out of touch until the middle of next month due to the remote location but hasn't contacted anyone since the earthquake hit.
His friends have launched a social media campaign to trace the animal behaviour and conservation graduate who has been travelling the world since September.
An Australian killed in the Mount Everest avalanche, meanwhile, has been named as 49-year-old Melbourne woman Renu Fotedar.
She was killed when the avalanche hit Base Camp.
Trekking company Dreamers Destination confirmed that Ms Fotedar had been killed and the company was trying to return her body to Kathmandu.
Ms Fotedar completed an MBA at the University of Wollongong before setting up a business in Melbourne in 2005, according to her social media profile.
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