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Chinese rescue team on way to Nepal as toll exceeds 1,000

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-04-25 14:41

Chinese rescue team on way to Nepal as toll exceeds 1,000

People sit with their belongings outside a damaged temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after a major earthquake hit Kathmandu, Nepal April 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

18:47 Death toll rises to 449

The death toll from the powerful quake that struck Nepal has risen to 449, most of it in the Kathmandu Valley, local police said.

18:20 Five more people in China died

At least five people were confirmed to have died in Gyirong county, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region by 3: 30 pm. At least five people were confirmed to have died in Gyirong county, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region by 3: 30 pm. Altogether 11 people have died in the territory of China after the quake hitting Nepal.

Chinese rescue team on way to Nepal as toll exceeds 1,000

People work to rescue trapped people inside a temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after an earthquake hit, in Kathmandu, Nepal April 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

17: 57 Six people in China died

Six were killed by the earthquake in Tibet's Nyalam county, confirmed by the rescuing team, according to chinanews.com.

17: 41

5.9-magnitude quake hits SW China's Tibet, according to CENC.

17: 40

A TV report says that two people were killed and more than 100 injured in Bangladesh in an earthquake that originated in Nepal.

17: 34

Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs says more than 150 people have died in the capital, Kathmandu, following the earthquake.

Chinese rescue team on way to Nepal as toll exceeds 1,000
Residents are evacuated in China's Tibet autonomous region's Shigatse.
17: 20

China launches earthquake emergency response and dispatches rescue groups to the affected regions.

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