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COUNTRIES: NEPAL :
DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES:
Nepal Quake: Death Toll Rises to More Than 7,000;
Foreigners Among Bodies Retrieved from Avalanche-Hit Area
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Nepal Quake: Death Toll Rises to More Than 7,000;
Foreigners Among Bodies Retrieved from Avalanche-Hit Area
ABC News
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-03/
nepal-quake-death-toll-rises-to-more-than-7000/6441180
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/nz5p2x5
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A police team from Nepal has pulled out the bodies of about 50 people,
including some foreign trekkers, from an avalanche-hit area, officials
say, as the death toll from last month's devastating earthquake climbed to
more than 7,000.
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None of the bodies have been identified, deputy superintendent of police
in the northern district of Rasuwa, Pravin Pokharel, said.
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Mr Pokharel, who led the police team, said the bodies were pulled out on
Saturday (local time), a week after the earthquake, and rescuers would
return to the remote area on Sunday.
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At least 200 people are still missing in the area, including villagers and
trekkers, said Uddhav Bhattarai, a senior bureaucrat in the district.
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The government said the death toll from the earthquake had reached 7,040
and 14,123 people had been injured.
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The finance minister said, however, the death toll would climb "much
higher" as emergency workers reached remote villages.
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"There are still villages where we know that all houses have been
destroyed, but have not yet been able to reach.
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"The aftershocks have not receded and we expect the final casualty numbers
to climb much higher," said Ram Sharan Mahat.
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US military aircraft and personnel are due to arrive in Nepal on Sunday, a
day later than expected, to help ferry relief supplies to stricken areas
outside the capital Kathmandu, a US Marines spokeswoman said.
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Calls to loosen custom restrictions
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United Nations resident representative Jamie McGoldrick said the
government must loosen its normal customs restrictions to deal with the
increasing flow of relief material pouring in from abroad.
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But the government, complaining it has received unneeded supplies such as
tuna and mayonnaise, insisted its customs agents had to check all
emergency shipments.
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"They should not be using peacetime customs methodology," Mr McGoldrick
said.
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Instead, he argued, all relief material should get a blanket exemption
from checks on arrival.
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Brigadier General Kennedy also warned against bottlenecks at Kathmandu
airport, saying: "What you don't want to do is build up a mountain of
supplies" that block space for planes or more supplies.
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The top priorities now are getting aid and shelter to people before the
monsoon season starts within weeks and adds to the difficulty in
distributing relief supplies, World Food Program executive director
Ertharin Cousin said.
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"Our fear is the monsoon will come early," she said.
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Disease is also a worry.
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"Hospitals are overflowing, water is scarce, bodies are still buried under
the rubble and people are still sleeping in the open," Rownak Khan,
UNICEF's deputy representative in Nepal, said in a statement.
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"This is a perfect breeding ground for diseases."
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