Rescuers Struggle to Reach Remote Nepal Areas as Toll Rises
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal police say the death toll in the country has risen to at least 3,617 people from the earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation on the weekend.
The police statement did not immediately give any other details. So far 18 people have also been confirmed dead in an avalanche that swept through the Mount Everest base camp in the wake of the earthquake. Another 61 people were killed in neighboring India, and 20 in Tibet.
(Story by: Katy Daigle, Binaj Gurubacharya, The Associated Press)
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