Villages in Nepal receive aid after earthquake

Aid began trickling in Monday morning for villages in Nepal’s northwest mountains that were hit by a strong earthquake over the weekend. That aid included efforts to bring food, tents, medicine, and other supplies to the remote villages that could only be reached by foot. Soldiers also helped clear blocked roads. Search teams said on Monday that all search-and-rescue missions were completed, and they’d ended efforts to recover bodies.

How severe was the earthquake? Friday’s earthquake was a magnitude 5.6, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Nepal’s National Emergency Operation Center said 157 people were killed and at least 256 were injured. Nearly 4,000 houses suffered damage. NDTV reported that a second 5.6 earthquake hit Nepal on Monday morning. Damage and casualty assessments from that second earthquake have not yet been released.

Dig deeper: Read Sharon Dierberger and Onize Ohikere’s report in WORLD Magazine about a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria earlier this year.