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

Tremors trigger fresh avalanches at Everest base camp; country's hospitals are overwhelmed with victims

Published Sun, Apr 26, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    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.

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