Contemporary · South Asia · Disaster
2015
Nepal earthquake
April 25, 2015
A magnitude 7.8 quake shook Kathmandu Valley on a Saturday afternoon, toppling temples that had stood for centuries, cracking the Dharahara tower in half, and killing nearly 9,000 people. Climbers were swept off Everest by avalanches. Whole hill villages slid into ravines. A country that ran on tourism and remittances was, in eighty seconds, set back a generation.
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