So far, at least 5,057 people are known to have died and over ten thousand have been injured. Nepal’s Prime Minister says the death toll could reach as high as ten thousand.
This is because information from remote villages and towns has yet to come in. The UN estimates that eight million people were affected by the quake, that is more than a quarter of Nepal’s population.
At the center of the quake zone, heavy rain is hampering rescue and relief work. Government officials say helicopters have been dropping tents, dry food and medicine, but are yet to reach many isolated communities.
Meanwhile in Kathmandu, around 200 people have taken to the streets, chanting anti-government slogans and demanding immediate help for victims. Police say there were minor scuffles but no arrests.
Many of the communities in the mountains close to the epicenter of the Nepal earthquake have been cut off since the disaster struck.
Landslides and bad weather have also hindered the rescue effort and with roads closed, the only access to these areas has been by helicopter.
Tony Cheng traveled with the Nepalese Army to Kavare district, fifty kilometers to the East of Kathmandu to see the situation first hand
