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A survivor from Nepal’s first quake
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

Nepal’s second ‘great quake’ leaves survivors hopeless

Carole Cadwalladr speaks to victims, already desperate after the first earthquake, whose circumstances have become even more dire.

  • Carole Cadwalladr
5 min read
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

Another strong earthquake hits Nepal, four people killed

Weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8 000 people, another strong one shook Nepal in the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday.

  • Gopal Sharma
1 min read
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

Four South Africans still trapped in quake-hit Nepal

While South Africans are trapped on a mountain pass north of Kathmandu, an SA humanitarian rescue team has been delayed in leaving the country.

  • Jeff Wicks
  • Ahmed areff
2 min read
Rescuers carry the body of a victim who was stuck in the debris after the earthquake.
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

Aid reaches quake-hit Nepal as death toll passes 5 000

Hungry villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal four days after a monster earthquake killed more than 5 000 people.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
Houses were reduced to rubble in Kathmandu following the 7.9-magnitude earthquake.
JASON BURKE

Nepal: Buried alive by poverty

Prime minister Sushil Koirala has said earthquake fatalities could more than double to 10 000, another blow to one of Asia’s poorest countries.

  • Jason Burke
5 min read