Nepal earthquake: 101-year old pulled alive from rubble, death toll 7,000+

Sunday, May 3, 2015
By Paul Martin

RT.com
May 03, 2015

The death toll after the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal last week, has reached at least 7,040, officials said.

A spokesperson from the National Emergency Operations Centre confirmed the death toll on Sunday. The number of injured has climbed to 14,123, with 6,512 of theses currently being treated in hospital.

The death toll will be “much higher,” warned Nepal’s Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat.

“There are still villages where we know that all houses have been destroyed, but haven’t yet been able to reach. The aftershocks have not receded and we expect the final casualty numbers to climb much higher,” he said.

Earlier, Nepal police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam spoke of 7,056 dead and 14,227 injured.

“We are continuing our search and rescue operations, “ Bam said on Saturday.

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