The death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake in South Asia has topped 42,000. 10,000 people are believed to have died in the capital of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. The United Nations estimates 2.5 million people have been left homeless. About 1,000 hospitals have beecompletely destroyed. The rescue effort has been hampered by the inability for the government to reach remote regions of the area and worsening weather. Earlier today Pakistani authorities had to suspend all helicopter flights to quake-hit areas because of torrential rainstorms. Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris are braving the cold weather with no shelter and little food. On Monday, rescue workers tried desperately to remove survivors trapped in collapsed buildings. This is Graham Payne, director of the group Rapid-UK. Earlier today Doctors Without Borders warned that there was a growing risk of an epidemic of water-borne disease in Pakistani Kashmir. The Pakistani government has made an urgent appeal for field hospitals, as well as antibiotics, anti-typhoid medicines, fracture treatment kits, and surgical equipment, among other supplies. This is Ed Tsui, director of the United Nations Office of Co-Ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.