Short note of impact on survivors of nepal earthquake
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Survivors of the deadly Nepal earthquake have detailed the horror of the moment it struck, leaving more than 3,000 dead.
Care Nepal emergency response co-ordinator Santosh Sharma described how homes in his Kathmandu neighbourhood lost walls or crumbled to the ground during Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake, making the job of emergency responders more difficult
And as darkness descended on the capital on Saturday, families were gathered out in the streets, afraid to re-enter their homes for fear that aftershocks would send them tumbling to the ground as well,” he said. “I think 100% of people in Kathmandu are not inside their homes.”
Camille Thomas was in Langtang village, just north of the capital Kathmandu, when the earthquake struck.
“It was pretty scary, pretty horrible, nothing you can really explain,” Thomas told 3AW radio on Monday. She said she thought it was a joke when the owner of a guest house urged her and a friend to find cover.
“My friend and I sort laughed about it. We thought it was something small, you know. We ran and hid under some stuff and it all started coming down. Snow and rocks and houses, everything. An avalanche.”
The surrounding area was blanketed with snow after the quake, which destroyed villages around Lantang, she said.
“From where we were, there was nothing you could see. All the villages were gone,” she said.
The official death toll has risen to 3,218, with 6,500 injured, Nepal’s disaster management chief Rameshwor Dangal said. About 90 people are also known to have died in neighbouring countries, including India and China
Care Nepal emergency response co-ordinator Santosh Sharma described how homes in his Kathmandu neighbourhood lost walls or crumbled to the ground during Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake, making the job of emergency responders more difficult
And as darkness descended on the capital on Saturday, families were gathered out in the streets, afraid to re-enter their homes for fear that aftershocks would send them tumbling to the ground as well,” he said. “I think 100% of people in Kathmandu are not inside their homes.”
Camille Thomas was in Langtang village, just north of the capital Kathmandu, when the earthquake struck.
“It was pretty scary, pretty horrible, nothing you can really explain,” Thomas told 3AW radio on Monday. She said she thought it was a joke when the owner of a guest house urged her and a friend to find cover.
“My friend and I sort laughed about it. We thought it was something small, you know. We ran and hid under some stuff and it all started coming down. Snow and rocks and houses, everything. An avalanche.”
The surrounding area was blanketed with snow after the quake, which destroyed villages around Lantang, she said.
“From where we were, there was nothing you could see. All the villages were gone,” she said.
The official death toll has risen to 3,218, with 6,500 injured, Nepal’s disaster management chief Rameshwor Dangal said. About 90 people are also known to have died in neighbouring countries, including India and China
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