Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal on Sunday, panicking survivors of a
quake that killed more than 2,300 and triggering fresh avalanches at
Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated
capital Kathmandu.
A string of earthquakes have been occurring in Chile and Southern California.
Terrified
residents, many forced to camp out in the capital after Saturday's
quake reduced buildings to rubble, were jolted by a 6.7-magnitude
aftershock that compounded the worst disaster to hit the impoverished
Himalayan nation in more than 80 years.
At overstretched
hospitals, where medics were also treating patients in hastily erected
tents, staff were forced to flee from buildings for fear of further
collapses.
"Electricity has been cut off, communication systems
are congested and hospitals are crowded and are running out of room for
storing dead bodies," Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke said.
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