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| Over 5,000 Dead in Nepal Earthquake |
| Over 5,000 Dead in Nepal Earthquake; Desperation for Aid in Remote Areas Grows
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| NEPAL
, 28-April-2015
19:29:59 PM |
| Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on Tuesday, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed more than 5,000 people.
"The ground keeps shaking, even this morning it did. Every time it feels like we will be swallowed, that we will die now. I want to get out of here!" said Sita Gurung, 24, whose home has been wrecked.
As Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said getting help to remote areas was a "major challenge", aid finally began reaching areas that had to fend for themselves since Saturday's 7.9-magnitude quake.
In a televised address late Tuesday, Mr Koirala declared three days of national mourning for the 5,057 people known to have perished in Nepal alone.
The Nepal PM told news agency Reuters the death toll could reach 10,000, as information of damage from far-flung villages and towns has yet to come in.
Around 8,000 people have been injured while the United Nations estimated that eight million people have been affected. 73 people died in India and 25 in Tibet.
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Among the dead were 18 climbers who were at Mount Everest base camp when an avalanche triggered by the quake flattened everything in its path. The victims included two American climbers, an Australian and a Chinese.
A Nepalese official Uddav Prasad Bhattarai said 250 people were feared missing after an avalanche on Tuesday on the popular Langtang trekking route.
Countries far and wide have joined the relief effort in Nepal, with India playing a leading role.
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