Death toll exceeds 1,800 after Nepal quake

It is being reported that the death toll from the series of quakes which struck Nepal now exceeds 18-hundered.

The Nepali Home Ministry has also revealed that some 47-hundered people have been injured.

People clear the ruin of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square after an earthquake in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, on April 25, 2015. [Pratap Thapa/Xinhua]

Reports said at least 300 bodies were retrieved from damaged buildings in the capital. The Kathmandu valley was the worst hit area in the quake, with more deaths being reported there.

Meanwhile, an official from the Ministry of Tourism said at least 10 people, including foreign climbers, had been reportedly killed in an avalanche triggered by the quake.

Four Chinese nationals, including two workers with a Chinese company, a mountain climber and a tourist, were killed and five others seriously injured in the quake, the Chinese Embassy confirmed.

Xinhua reporter in Kathmandu said thousands of people had spent the night in pavements, parks and fields for fearing of aftershocks. A 6.6-magnitude aftershock struck about an hour later after the initial tremor.

Rescue operations are underway by the Nepal Army, Police and Armed Police Force but they are slow in the remote areas of the country due to lack of equipment.

Amid the devastating disaster, the government of Nepal has appealed for assistance from the international community.

The powerful quake, which was followed by at least 14 aftershocks, also jolted parts of India, and was felt in Bangladesh and Pakistan.