Survivors of the earthquake died of cold

thu 24 dec 2015, 08:10

Survivors of the earthquake died of cold


De door een aardbeving verwoeste Dharahara toren in de Nepalese hoofdstad Kathmandu.

The by an earthquake Dharahara tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.

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AP

KATMANDU –

In Nepal, different people that in april the devastating earthquake and survived, yet died. Cause is the winter cold, against which their shelters can not turn out to be.

In one village in the hardest-hit region of Sindhupalchok are certainly seven people in the past week died of the cold, report the Nepalese media. Also, there are a lot of sick people.

The earthquake in april, which is a power of 7.8, resulted in more than 9000 dead. More than 600,000 houses were destroyed. Many people are living since then in huts of corrugated iron and canvas.


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