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British Embassy Provides Support to Britons in Earthquake-Hit Nepal

© REUTERS / Stefan Wermuth Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond gestures during a press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
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UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says that the British embassy in Nepal is currently on alert, and has already helped hundreds of British nationals in the earthquake-shaken Nepal.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The British embassy in Nepal is currently on alert, and has already helped hundreds of British nationals in the earthquake-shaken Nepal, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday in a statement.

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"British Embassy staff are on the ground and have provided practical help to around 200 British nationals," Hammond said

The Foreign Office is urgently deploying additional consular response teams from London and New Delhi to reinforce UK embassy staff, Hammond added.

More than 2,500 people were killed in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which shook Nepal Saturday morning. The disaster occurred about 82 kilometres (51 miles) northwest of the capital Kathmandu, causing massive damage in the region and injuring thousands. The area also experienced a powerful wave of aftershocks following the quake.

© REUTERS / Navesh ChitrakarA man cries as he walks on the street while passing through a damaged statue of Lord Buddha a day after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal
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A man cries as he walks on the street while passing through a damaged statue of Lord Buddha a day after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal
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© AP Photo / Zhou Shengping/Xinhua via APCollapsed building is seen in Nepal's capital Kathmandu
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Earlier in the day, UK Department for International Development provided £5 mln ($7.6 mln) of aid to Nepal.

Numerous countries, including some EU member states, Russia, the United States, China, India and Israel reached out to Nepal to offer relief aid and rescue teams.

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