Earthquake Death Toll Passes 2,200 as Aftershocks Hit Nepal

Earthquake Death Toll Passes 2,200 as Aftershocks Hit Nepal

"World Vision, an aid group, said in a statement that many of the villages in the area near the epicenter “are literally perched on the sides of large mountain faces and are made from simple stone and rock construction. Many of these villages are only accessible by 4WD and then foot, with some villages hours and even entire days’ walks away from main roads at the best of times.

Subhash Ghimire, editor-in-chief of the Nepalese newspaper República, told the Times that he managed to contact his father in his home village of 3,000 in the district of Gorkha. 'He said not a single house is left in our village, including our own house,' Ghimire said."