Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake may have killed as many as 10,000 people, according to Prime Minister Sushil Koirala.
Quake-Stricken Nepal
![Tens of thousands of homes have either been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ac22f68e-6b72-469f-9d00-bfc7ec6af692_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tens of thousands of homes have either been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)
![In the village of Sankhu, only 27 kilometers away from Kathmandu, almost the entire village was devastated by the recent earthquake. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/54db66b4-318d-4668-8261-ea482084db15_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In the village of Sankhu, only 27 kilometers away from Kathmandu, almost the entire village was devastated by the recent earthquake. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)
![Chaos has taken over in many parts of Nepal after the earthquake on Saturday. Foreign search and rescue teams complain about how the lack of organization impacts the ability to deliver aid. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/cbbb84d0-aa67-4097-ad16-404ff2fd198d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chaos has taken over in many parts of Nepal after the earthquake on Saturday. Foreign search and rescue teams complain about how the lack of organization impacts the ability to deliver aid. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)
![Little hope remains that survivors will be found. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/5a65e98d-2728-4806-a7ac-c50ddb029799_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Little hope remains that survivors will be found. (Hilmi Hacaloglu/VOA)