Nepal hospitals overflowing, rural towns cut off: aid groups

As the death toll surpassed 2,200, the US together with several European and Asian nations sent emergency crews to reinforce those scrambling to find survivors in the devastated capital Kathmandu and in rural areas cut off by blocked roads and patchy phone networks.

“We know that in many areas -- both rural and in some of the larger towns -- have suffered landslides and roads are cut off,” said Mike Bruce, regional communications manager for Plan International aid organisation.
Although mobile networks appeared to be being restored by mid-afternoon on Sunday, he said, coverage remained sporadic.