The death toll of a strong earthquake that shook Nepal's northwest has risen to 157, the National Emergency Operation Center announced Saturday.
Most of those killed were crushed by debris when their houses - usually made by stacking rocks and logs - crumbled under the force of the tremblor midnight Friday, local media reported.
PHOTOS: Nepal scrambles to rescue survivors of a quake that shook its northwest and killed at least 128 In Jajarkot district, a mostly agricultural area, at least 105 people were confirmed dead and 52 in the neighboring Rukum district, officials said. Another 184 were injured. Doctors and medical workers were flown to the areas hit where hospitals were packed with the injured.
“I screamed, but every one of my neighbors was in the same situation and screaming for help. It took nearly a half-hour to an hour before rescuers found me,” he said.“I was asleep at night and around 10 or 11 at night it started shaking and the house caved. So many houses have collapsed and so many people have been buried,” said Tika Ram Rana who had his head wrapped in a white bandage.
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