Aftershocks cause more terror as Nepal quake toll tops 2,400

Kathmandu

POWERFUL aftershocks rocked Nepal on Sunday, further rattling survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,400 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu.

Terrified residents, many forced to camp out in the capital after Saturday's quake reduced buildings to rubble, were jolted by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock that compounded the worst disaster to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation in more than 80 years.

At overstretched hospitals, where medics were also treating patients in hastily erected tents, staff were forced to flee buildings for fear of further collapses.

"Electricity has been cut off, communication systems are congested and hospitals are crowded and are running out of room for storing corpses," Oxfam A…