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Buildings collapse, more than 1,800 killed as 7.9 magnitude quake strikes Nepal
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India yesterday, killing more than 1,800 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday magnitude-7.9 quake, Nepal's worst in 81 years, centred 80km east of the second city, Pokhara. A collapse in communications hampered relief efforts, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster across the impoverished Himalayan nation of 28 million.
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