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APRIL 28 (Reuters) — Authorities in Nepal continued mass cremation on Monday (April 27) as bodies piled up following a powerful earthquake at the weekend that has killed more than 3,900 people. A powerful earthquake struck the Himalayan kingdom with the 7.9 magnitude at midday on Saturday (April 25) followed by several aftershocks. The government of Nepal has ordered the continuous cremation of the bodies to prevent spread of diseases. Families and friends of the […]
RESCUERS and residents on Saturday (april 25) started the desperate search for people trapped amongst the rubble after a powerful earthquake struck Nepal, killing hundreds. The death toll for the earthquake has risen to 758, a home ministry official has said, of which 467 were in the Kathmandu Valley that is the most heavily population part of the Himalayan region. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India, toppling a 19th-century […]
(UPDATED 12:43 a.m. April 26) At least 1,457 people were killed in the 7.9 magnitude shallow earthquake that hit Nepal, according to a CNN report that quoted Nepal’s National Emergency Operation Center. Earlier, Reuters reported that some 900 people are dead after a shallow earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude that struck west of the ancient Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday (April 25) based on initial police estimates. Kathmandu’s main civil hospital said 36 bodies had […]
