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Nepal Quake
Nepal Quake
A boy sifts through the rubble of his earthquake-hit home in Rukum (West), Nepal.
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Some 213 schools have been damaged, including 91 which have collapsed,
according to media reports.
Friday’s seismic event was the deadliest in Nepal since the April-May 2015
quakes, which claimed nearly 9,000 lives, destroyed or severely damaged over
500,000 homes and caused billions of dollars in economic loss.
“Having just recently returned from Nepal, and with the hospitality and the spirit
of the country’s people fresh in his heart, the Secretary-General expresses his
solidarity with the Government and people of Nepal and extends his sincere
condolences to the families of the victims,” Mr. Dujarric said in
a statement issued on Monday, in New York.
Preexisting vulnerabilities
The region is also among the most impoverished in the country, leaving it
vulnerable from the offset. High numbers of men take seasonal jobs elsewhere,
leaving many women, children and elderly relatives behind in towns and
villages.
Joint UN response