WATCH ABOVE: Mitchell Pineo filmed what he saw moments after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal. The video shows chaos and mayhem as Pineo, his friends and Nepal residents try to stay safe.
HALIFAX – A Halifax man is sharing pictures of the scene after a powerful and deadly earthquake rocked Kathmandu, Nepal.
Mitchell Pineo and four other Haligonians were in Kathmandu when the earthquake struck. Pineo and his friend JR Loeb are both DJs and were in the middle of a three-day tour in Nepal. All are safe and unhurt.
Pineo said the group set up a make shift camp to sleep and spend the night. He said that there have been multiple tremors since the earthquake, which has put people on edge and created waves of paranoia.
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He shared video he took right after the earthquake struck and some pictures of the rubble with Global News.
WATCH: Haligonians react after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal
Canada is sending advance members from its Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nepal to determine how Canadian resources can best help.
Nepal’s worst recorded earthquake in 1934 measured 8.0 and all but destroyed the cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan.
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Members of the Halifax Nepalese community gathered on Spring Garden Road Sunday afternoon to fundraise for loved ones back home.
Karma Gurung grew up in Kathmandu Valley and has been living in Halifax for four years.
She has been talking to relatives back home but wanted to do something tangible to help.
Gurung said she has spoken to some relatives who have described a hectic scene.
“There’s no electricity now. A lot of people are sleeping outside. Some are sleeping on the road.”
– with files from Associated Press
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