Nepal earthquake; Death toll keep rising

- ceylontoday.lk

Rescue efforts in Nepal are intensifying after more than 1,800 people were killed in the country's worst earthquake in more than 80 years.

Many countries and international charities have offered aid to Nepal to deal with the disaster.

Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures to sleep on pavements, parks or fields on Saturday night.

Officials fear that the death toll could rise as the desperate search for survivors continued into Sunday.

The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara on Saturday morning.

The latest home ministry figures say 1,805 people were killed and 4,718 people were injured.

There were also victims in India, Bangladesh, in the Chinese region of Tibet and on Mount Everest, where avalanches were triggered.

Little information has emerged from the epicentre, where extensive damage has been reported, and there are fears the death toll could rise yet further.

It is the worst earthquake to strike Nepal since one in 1934 which killed some 8,500 people.

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