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　　United States military helicopters began flying toremote areas of Nepal Monday to look at damagefrom the recent earthquake.

　　U.S. military aircraft, heavy equipment and airtraffic controllers arrived in the capital, Kathmandu,on Sunday. They will be used to help transport aidto earthquake victims. They are working to reachthe areas that have received little help since the 7.8-magnitude quake struck on April 25th.

　　The U.S. job will include helping to supervise all therelief supplies that are coming into Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu. The countryhas had trouble getting food and other supplies to the people who need it.

　　The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Peter Bodde, told the French news agency AFP that the U.S.forces will have "multiple aims." In his words, they will be delivering "relief supplies, they mightdo some rescues, and they will do assessments."

　　The U.S. forces will "make an immediate difference," added U.S. Brigadier General PaulKennedy. The U.S. military is bringing supplies, especially shelter, which the general called "themost pressing need." He said bringing those things to people affected by the earthquake is"going to make an immediate impact on their lives."

　　The United Nations also said it is looking for more ways to get supplies to people in the remoteareas. A spokeswoman for the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OrlaFagan, said aid workers "are still having problems getting things to people."

　　Critics of the Nepalese government say it continues to suffer from a broken political systemafter a long civil war. Kunda Dixit is the editor and publisher of the "Nepali Times" newspaper.

　　"Extortion, blockages of roads and corruption, was the order of the day for the last, at least,eight years after the conflict and during the conflict."

　　The United Nations said more than eight million people have been affected by the earthquake.It also said at least two million have been displaced. The international community has said itwill give more than $60 million. But the U.N. said an additional $350 million is needed becauseseveral million people are in need of emergency food aid. Some estimates say a total of $5 billionis needed to rebuild Nepal.

　　Newspaper publisher Kunda Dixit says there will be corruption.

　　"There's going to be graft. This is an extremely corrupt country. The corruption was reallybecoming an epidemic here, even before this crisis."

　　More than 7,200 people are known to have died in the devastating earthquake. On Sunday,four more people were rescued from the rubble. Police reported that a 101-year-old man wasfound about 80 kilometers northwest of the capital. Earlier reports said three other people werepulled out alive from debris northwest of the city.

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