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Devastation in Nepal after second powerful earthquake

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday - the biggest aftershock to date of a quake which left more than 8,000 people dead less than a month ago.

The latest earthquake has left more than 90 people dead and thousands injured.

Meanwhile, search teams are trying to locate a US military helicopter which went missing during an aid mission with six Marines and two Nepali soldiers on board.

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Nepal PM gives up helicopter seat to save woman's life

Nepal's Prime Minister today helped British paramedics save an injured woman by sacrificing his seat on his helicopter to her, during a visit to one of the areas worst affected by two major earthquakes.

The woman had been taken to Charikot village in Dolakha district after being hit on the head by falling debris in the most recent quake on Tuesday, which measured in at 7.3 on the Richter scale.

Prime Minister Sushuil Koirala (inset) was visiting Charikot village when he heard about the woman's condition and sacrificed his seat on the helicopter Credit: Reuters

Her condition had deteriorated over the past two days, and she was being given oxygen by the paramedics when Prime Minister Sushil Koirala was flown in.

The paramedics revealed they had begged his aides to inform him of the woman's condition - and as soon as they relented, Koirala immediately ordered the woman be loaded onto the chopper and flown to hospital.

I said 'If I stop doing this, this lady will die. Do you understand?' Within seconds, Nepalese soldiers dashed out of the tent, loaded the woman on to a stretcher and put her on board the helicopter.

– Paramedic Phil Llewellyn, from Worcester

Koirala waited in the village for the helicopter to return and pick him up.

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