More than 60 people were killed when a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit a remote pocket of Nepal, on Nov 4.KATHMANDU – Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country’s worst earthquake in eight years killed 157 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi.
Officials fear the death toll could rise as first responders had reached the hilly area near the epicentre, some 500km west of the capital Kathmandu, only early on Saturday to search for survivors. Rescue work was expected to be slow as emergency teams had to first clear roads blocked by landslides in many places, they said, adding that helicopters and small planes have been asked to be ready to join the effort.Whole towns, centuries-old temples and other historic sites were reduced to rubble then, with more than a million houses destroyed, at a cost to the economy of US$6 billion .
Houses damaged after an earthquake in Jajarkot district of Nepal’s Karnali province on Nov 4. PHOTO: AFP A small aeroplane carrying medical supplies and health workers was diverted to nearby Surkhet after it failed to land in Chaurjahari in nearby Rukum district due to bad weather, said army spokesman Krishna Bhandari.Local media footage showed crumbled facades of multi-storey brick houses with large pieces of furniture scattered. Videos on X showed people running into the street as some buildings were evacuated.
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