Already more than 7000 killed by the earthquake in Nepal

Already more than 7000 killed by the earthquake in Nepal -

The dead from the earthquake that devastated Nepal a week ago Sunday reached the 7,040 and 14,123 injured, according to latest data released by the Nepali government,

despite the magnitude and represents the figure is expected to increase the number of people who have lost their lives as the situation is known in the most remote areas of country.

the Risk Reduction Consortium in Nepal , an entity involved in United Nations agencies, estimates that the earthquake has caused the displacement of 2.8 million people ( the country's population is 28 million people).

the same source said the quake destroyed some 0,786 houses and other 143,673 were damaged in Nepal, and called urgently $ 415 million to address the humanitarian crisis in the Himalayan country, the release agency EFE .

the earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale was the largest in Nepal in 80 years the worst in the region in a decade since 05 when another quake would cause more than 84,000 deaths in Kashmir

. Source: Telam

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