Fresh earthquake kills scores in Nepal and India
Source: Reuters
Tue May 12, 2015 7:18pm EDT
CHAUTARA, Nepal | By Krista Mahr and Ross Adkin
A second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings weakened by the first disaster and killing at least 66 people, including 17 in neighbouring India and one in Chinese Tibet.
Most of the reported fatalities were in villages and towns east of Kathmandu, only just beginning to pick up the pieces from the April 25 quake that left more than 8,000 dead.
The U.S. military's Pacific Command said a Marine Corps helicopter involved in disaster relief had gone missing, with six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard.
The new 7.3 magnitude quake was centred 76 km (47 miles) east of the capital in a hilly area close to the border with Tibet, according to coordinates provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, and unleashed landslides in Himalayan valleys near Mount Everest.
Villagers who watched their homes collapse said they only survived because they were already living in tents......
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AuntPatsy
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Rhiannon12866
(206,002 posts)My grandmother visited Nepal and talked about conditions there. It has to be one of the poorest countries in the world.
tish123
(4 posts)There were some morons in Nepal who did the wrong by hurting our sentiments. That doesn't mean that we should not help the poor people of Nepal. After all, the morons who did the wrong were not from economically backward background.