Earthquake in Nepal: Newest balance of the victims – Interia

Nepalese authorities reported the latest balance of earthquake victims. So far, 7250 people were confirmed trash. If you are killed you will arrive at the current rate, it can be tragic earthquake in the history of the country.

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Among the dead are six foreigners and 45 Nepalese, whose bodies were found over the weekend on a popular hiking mountain road in the district of Rasuwa District, 60 km north of Kathmandu. Previous official balance talked about 7056 victims of the quake.

According to the Nepalese police so far confirmed death of 57 foreigners, and 109 considered to be missing, including 12 Russians and nine Americans.

Still it is difficult to estimate the actual scale of the destruction caused by the earthquake; continue to be filed reports from remote areas, and some of them are completely cut off from the world. The UN estimates that as a result of the disaster affected 8.1 million people, or more than one-quarter of the population 28 millionth Nepal.

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UN officials warn that there is a high risk of spread of diseases among survivors; They call for helicopters, which in many places in the hill country are the only way to reach the needy. The coordinator of humanitarian action with a UN Jamie McGoldrick said that the government of Nepal after the UN complaints eased customs rules and other bureaucratic obstacles slowing the delivery of aid.

On Saturday, the government in Kathmandu has already ruled out the possibility of finding people alive under the rubble, but the day later excavated four surviving persons, including ponadstuletniego man who survived eight days under the ruins of collapsed building.

Tremors April 25 about the strength of 7.9 on the Richter scale were the most tragic in the history of Nepal for over 80 years. The authorities in Kathmandu fear that the number of disaster victims may exceed 10 thousand. If that happens, it will be tragic earthquake in the history of the country; in 1934 it killed more than 8.5 thousand. humans.

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