介绍:
The death toll from this weekend's massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal has surpassed 25-hundred.
Aftershocks from the quake are said to be hindering attempts to rescue those who may still be trapped under the rubble.
Poornima Weerasekara has more.
Reporter:
Hundreds of thousands of people in central Nepal who were spending a second night outdoors were jolted by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock on Sunday night.
The death toll from the quake has now risen to over 2,500 people according to the latest data from the Nepalese government. This figure is expected to rise as the search and rescue efforts – which are hampered by strong after-shocks and landslides – continue.
The number of injured nationwide has climbed to 5,900 so far.
Nepalese doctors have set up makeshift operating theatres as they work round the clock to treat the wounded.
The 7.8-magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara early on Saturday.
Many including foreign travelers are afraid to return to shelters.
24-year-old Martin is a French tourist who was caught in the quake.
"(When the quake happened) we ran into the hotel courtyard to avoid being crushed and when we came back to Durbar Square we saw that everything was damaged. We started helping people, trying to move bodies out of the debris and so yesterday evening we slept here because we were afraid of aftershocks, because all those hotels have high floors. So now we are here and we're waiting for the situation to clear."
A 62-member Chinese search and rescue team with sniffer dogs -who arrived in Nepal on Sunday afternoon - is continuing efforts to dig victims out from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kathmandu.
Fu Xiaoguang is the Director of the China International Search and Rescue Team.
"We are at the epicenter of the quake and we have been divided into three teams to carry out rescue work here. We didn't even have any time to arrange accommodation for the rescue team. We are solely focused on finding as many survivors as possible within the 72-hour "golden window".
The Chinese government has also pledged 20 million Yuan in humanitarian aid to its Himalayan neighbor.
Rescue missions and aid from around the world have started arriving to help cope with the aftermath of the worst earthquake to hit Nepal for more than 80 years.
The UK has pledged close to 10 million dollars, while neighboring countries India and Pakistan have both dispatched teams of medics. Norway, Germany, US and Israel have all come forward to help.
Meanwhile, powerful aftershocks that rocked Nepal on Sunday, has triggered fresh avalanches at Everest base camp with many foreign climbers and their Nepalese guides said to be trapped there.
Groups of survivors are being flown to Kathmandu from the partly buried Everest basecamp.
The quake has also dealt a heavy blow to Nepal's rich cultural heritage.
The nine-story Dharahara tower, a major tourist attraction in Kathmandu with its spiral staircase of 200 steps, has been reduced to just its base.
Other UNESCO world heritage sites in Patan and Bhaktapur have also been badly damaged.
This has cast shadow on Nepal's long-term economic recovery that is dependent on tourism.
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For more on this, we are joined live on the line by
Prakash Babu Paudel, Chairman, Capital FM 92.4, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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