The devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25. The death toll of the earthquake has reached 7,000 people, according to latest reports, while more than 14,000 others were injured. According to the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC), at least 6.6 million citizens have been affected by the disaster.
Seismologists have registered 67 aftershocks after the devastating earthquake. The magnitude of aftershocks varied from 3.2 to 6.9, most of them were felt on the territory of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Four rescued as Nepal death toll soars...
ReplyDeleteA 101-year-old man and three women were rescued alive in rare cases of good news as number of deaths climb to 7,250.
Rescuers have pulled a 101-year-old man and three women alive from his ruined home a week after Nepal's earthquake claimed at least 7,250 lives, as the government warned that the death toll will climb "much higher".
Funchu Tamang was rescued from the rubble of his house with only minor injuries to his ankle and hand, after the quake ripped through the impoverished country on April 25, AFP news agency reported on Sunday.
"He was brought to the district hospital in a helicopter. His condition is stable," local police officer Arun Kumar Singh told AFP from Nuwakot district, around 80km northwest of the capital Kathmandu....aljazeera.com
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