Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places.
A doctor looks after a patient injured in an earthquake, evacuated from his village and brought to a hospital in Nepalgunj, Nepal, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing more than hundred people and injuring dozens more, officials said Saturday.
The government is trying to get as much aid to the affected areas, Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha said on Saturday. Tents, food and medicine were flown in as thousands became homeless overnight.“The priority is to find the survivors and take them to hospital,” said regional police chief, Bhim Dhakal.
In Jajarkot district, a mostly agricultural area, at least 105 people were confirmed dead and 52 in the neighboring Rukum district, officials said. Another 184 were injured. Doctors and medical workers were flown to the areas hit where hospitals were packed with the injured. “I screamed, but every one of my neighbors was in the same situation and screaming for help. It took nearly a half-hour to an hour before rescuers found me,” he said.“I was asleep at night and around 10 or 11 at night it started shaking and the house caved. So many houses have collapsed and so many people have been buried,” said Tika Ram Rana who had his head wrapped in a white bandage.
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