A Nepalese resident mourns the death of a relative following an earthquake in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: AFP.
KATHMANDU (AFP, Reuters): The number of people killed in Nepal by the Himalayan country’s worst earthquake in eight decades has risen to 3,726, a home ministry official said on Monday. That number represented a jump of 500 from earlier on Monday.
Some in the government fear the toll from Saturday’s 7.9 magnitude quake could rise to as much as 5,000.
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