Police rescued a 101-year-old man from under the ruins of his home on Saturday, one week after an earthquake hit his country, Nepal Police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam said. The elderly man is in good condition and police do not know how he survived. He was rescued in Nuwakot district, just northwest of the capital, Kathmandu.
The number of death from earthquake that struck Nepal last weekend reached 7,250. A Nepalese government minister warned Sunday that the death number is expected to climb “much higher.” “There are still villages where we know that all houses have been destroyed, but have not yet been able to reach,” Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said. “It is with great pain and sadness that I stand before you to present the case of my country Nepal which now remains destroyed”. Mahat said the quake had caused “great loss and suffering, with millions of people becoming homeless." "The aftershocks have not ended and we expect the final casualty numbers to climb much higher," he said.
His government warned Saturday that the chances of finding survivors buried in rubble are "extremely slim." "It will be a miracle if anyone is found alive," Home Ministry spokesman Laxmi Dhakal said. "But we have not completely given up yet and are continuing to look for the missing people."
The United Nations estimates that more than 3 million people are in need of food -- and nearly half of those need it immediately. Emergency funding of $415 million is needed, the United Nations said. Mahat said the quake had completely destroyed nearly 300,000 houses. He said Nepalis would rebuild their nation and come out of the crisis stronger, but not without help from other countries. “We need your technical advice, and importantly, financial resources.” he said.
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