Nepal Earthquake 2015 News & Updates: Over 7,300 Deaths Recorded

It's been more than a week since a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit Nepal and search, rescue and retrieval efforts are still underway. According to VOA News, the Nepali Government had already reported over 7,300 deaths from the disaster that struck the country on April 25. Another 14,000 were also said to be injured.

Over the past few days, more bodies have been found in the Langtang village about 60 kilometers outside Kathmandu. The village, which is said to be popular with trekkers, is noted to be the "worst-affected" area, as reported by BBC, and emergency workers in the country are facing challenges to reach the remote, mountainous village in fear that it has been wiped out.

On Sunday, a 101-year-old man named Funchu Tamang was found outside the capital with what ABC News described were minor injuries. He was brought to a hospital in a helicopter, and as ABC News reported, police officer Arun Kumal Singh said the condition of the man is already stable. Singh detailed, "He has injuries on his left ankle and hand. His family is with him."

But the police team had to pull bodies of about 50 people from the avalanche-hit area on Saturday, including foreign trekkers. Deputy superintendent of police in the northern district of Rasuwa, Pravin Pokharel, said via ABC News that none of the bodies have so far been identified.

A U.S. Military Aircraft arrived in Nepal last Sunday to carry out relief operations to the more difficult-to-reach areas that received little aid, and the U.S. will help manage the piles of supplies that arrived for the devastated country. As noted by VOA News, U.S. forces will be delivering supplies, operate rescue missions and give assessments about the situation.

Brigadier General Paul Kennedy said, as quoted by VOA News, "We've got relief supplies, especially shelter. Most people don't understand that shelter is the most pressing need. So we're going to take those things out starting tomorrow [Monday] morning. So for the people that have been affected by this earthquake, it's going to make an immediate impact on their lives."

Citing relief workers, ABC News reported that authorities are racing against time to reach survivors in the far-flung mountain villages as the monsoon season will begin in June. Since it's been reported that about 90% of homes have been destroyed in the worst-affected districts, it is imperative that these families find shelters from the storm.

"What we do know is that there is a lot more need out there than the places we are able to get to. Our priority now is really to try to reach those people, get immediate assistance to them," UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said, as quoted by ABC News.