Three survivors found as Nepal relief operations continue

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Nepalese women remove debris searching their belongings from their house that was destroyed a week ago during the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (AP Photo/Bernat Amangue)

Three people were pulled alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal’s devastating earthquake, as a supply logjam threatened to hamper disaster relief efforts bolstered by the arrival of U.S. aircraft and troops.

The small-scale rescue, announced on Sunday by a home ministry official, brought fresh hope to a badly-hit district northeast of the capital Kathmandu, but about 50 bodies were also discovered on a northern trekking route obliterated by an avalanche that the April 25 quake triggered.

That increased the death toll to 7,059, and the figure was likely to rise further as an entire village was carried away by the same avalanche and scores more people – both locals and foreign trekkers – were missing, officials said.

Report compiled with information from Reuters.


As earthquake death toll rises, many still waiting for help
The earthquake death toll in Nepal has reached over 7,000 but thousands of people in remote villages still remain unaccounted for. CCTV’s team traveled to Sindhupalchowk district where over 2,000 people have lost their lives and found that the relief and rescue operations are not enough for the sheer size of havoc wreaked by the earthquake. CCTV’s Shweta Bajaj filed this report.