Nepal rocked by 7.3-magnitude earthquake near Mount
Everest
Nepal
The US Geological
Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 7.3 and struck 42 miles (68km) west of
the town of Namche Bazaar , close to Mount Everest . It was followed closely by at least six
strong aftershocks. Shockwaves were felt as far away as the Indian capital, Delhi , and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh
The full extent of
casualties is unknown, with reports of collapsed buildings and some deaths
coming in from remote areas close to the epicenter.
At least four people
were killed in the town of Chautara in
Sindhupalchok district, north of Kathmandu ,
after several buildings collapsed and more than a dozen were injured in
landslides. Sindhupalchok suffered the heaviest death toll in last month’s
quake.
Two deaths have been
reported in Bhimeswhar, in Dolakha district. There are also concerns over a
large glacial lake called Tso Rolpa in Dolakha that is held back by a fragile
natural dam. The Nepalese home ministry described a disaster in both Dolakha
and Sindhupalchok. At least one four-storey building in Kathmandu
has collapsed.
As of 11 am GMT, the
home ministry said that across the country at least 19 people had been killed
and 981 injured.
Five people were
killed in Indian states bordering Nepal
– one in Uttar Pradesh and four in Bihar ,
officials said. Chinese media reported one person died in Tibet
At least half a
million Nepalese are already without homes and living in makeshift camps or
among the ruins of their houses.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/12/nepal-hit-by-second-huge-earthquake
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How-many people were killed and the buildings were destroyed
Keywords:
1.
casualty: 傷亡
2.
devastating: 破壞性的
3.
magnitude: 大小
4.
aftershock: 餘震
5.
shockwave: 衝擊波
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epicenter: 震央
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toll: 費用
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fragile: 脆弱
9.
makeshift: 湊合的
In my opinion, it's a very sad news. Just like our country's earthquake-nine twenty-one, it’s also very serious and thank to everyone’s help and donation. Hope them can reconstruct rapidly, there will no more people die for the disaster, and there will a machine can predict earthquakes. God bless Nepal !
回覆刪除I'm feel sorry to the distator.
回覆刪除I hope every countries could do their best to help Nepal.
Our country and all of the citizen must help them as much as we can do.
It was such a tragedy when the earthquake happened in the undeveloped country. Houses collapse easily, and many people died.
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