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Authorities are pressing on with efforts to bring food and other supplies to the remote villages in Nepal days after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake devastated the Himalayan nation and left many out in the cold...
Aid trickled in to villages Monday in Nepal's northwest mountains flattened by a strong earthquake over the weekend as villagers searched through the rubble of their collapsed homes to salvage what was left of their belongings...
The magnitude 5.6 temblor struck just minutes before midnight Friday, killing 157 people, injuring scores and leaving thousands homeless..
Most of the homes in the villages in the districts of Jajarkot and Rukum where houses are traditionally built by stacking rocks and logs either collapsed or were severely damaged but even the few buildings made out of concrete were also damaged...
After a Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Communications Minister Rekha Sharma told reporters that supplying food and setting up temporary shelters were the main focus of government efforts for the moment while also working on plans to reconstruct damaged houses...
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