Sikkim earthquake: Scores of bodies found in rubble

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Times of India

MANGAN/GANGTOK: A grimmer picture of devastation in quake-hit Sikkim emerged on Tuesday as soldiers blasted boulders blocking hill roads and reached isolated areas like Mangan, 65km from Gangtok. With help reaching faraway regions, the body count from Sunday's temblor raced passed 130 and could rise as many more are feared trapped.

Officially, Sikkim has so far confirmed 58 deaths, the rest of the casualties being from Bhutan, Nepal, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand. But as shocking details emerged, authorities feared at least 40 workers at a hydel power plant site in North Sikkim's Saffo might have perished within minutes, caught in a mountain duct when the tectonic plates under the lower Himalayas shook. Dozens others are missing and feared trapped in the same hydel project site and there's no confirmation of the number of people engaged there.


Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sikkim-earthquake-Scores-of-bodies-found-in-rubble/articleshow/10059269.cms

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A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Himalayan states Nepal and Sikkim (India) 12:40:48 UT (6:11 PM at epicenter) Sept 18. The depth of the hypocenter was at 20.7 km.

[JNelson6563]

1. An endless string of catastropies around the globe.

But no, climate change isn't real. Ugh.

Julie