Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal has reached more than 5,000.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department sprung into action not long after the earthquake struck, deploying 57 members of the Urban Search and Rescue Team to Nepal. The team is part of the USAID's nearly 130-member Disaster Assistance Relief Team.
Derek Chapman, operations coordinator for L.A. County Fire's USAR Team, is part of that group. He joined Take Two to describe the scene in Kathmandu, and talk about the challenges that lie ahead.