Nepal Earthquake death toll 6700 and 14,000 injured

The death toll in Nepal’s earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told on Tuesday, ordering intensified rescue efforts and appealing for foreign supplies of tents and medicines.

‘The government is doing all it can for rescue and relief on a war footing,’ Mr Koirala said in an interview. ‘It is a challenge and a very difficult hour for Nepal.’

Many of the worst hit villages in the ridges around Kathmandu are  still cut off from earthquake are waiting for aid to arrive as roads are blocked by boulders and mud. Katmandu airport has been so  congested by aid and passenger planes that incoming flights sat for hours on the runaway

An official put the latest death toll at 6,700. If the death toll does reach 10,000, that would be even higher than the 8,500 killed in a massive 1934 quake, Nepal’s worst disaster to date.