World & Nation
Officials say death toll is expected to rise after magnitude 5.6 quake strikes Nepal’s mountainous northwest, killing at least 37 people.
Nov. 3, 2023
A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 128 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search mountain villages.
Nov. 4, 2023
Aid is trickling into villages in Nepal’s mountainous northwest after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that killed 157 people and left thousands homeless.
Nov. 6, 2023
Science & Medicine
The magnitude 7.8 Nepal earthquake the killed more than 1,100 people Saturday occurred in a seismically dangerous region with a history of catastrophic temblors made all the more destructive by weak building codes.
April 25, 2015
The United Nations called Friday for further support for earthquake-hit Nepal as officials said the death toll from the 7.8 magnitude temblor had exceeded 6,200.
May 1, 2015
The massive earthquake in Nepal and its frightening aftershocks have unleashed another force almost as overwhelming: an international relief effort that already is involving governments, charity groups and private volunteers from all corners of the globe.
April 27, 2015
Amid row after row of tents in Tundikhel, an open field in the center of this earthquake-ravaged capital, is a big blue tarpaulin under which children buzz about with colorful balloons and clay.
May 28, 2015
Sanitation specialist Tess Gough arrived in this earthquake-ravaged town with an uncomfortable question to ask.
May 9, 2015
The wreckage of a Marine helicopter from Camp Pendleton missing in Nepal since Tuesday has been found and there are no survivors, the U.S. military said Friday.
May 15, 2015
California
Six Marines who died in a helicopter crash in Nepal were remembered Wednesday for performing heroic acts to help the earthquake-stricken country.
June 3, 2015