In Nepal, many sleep outdoors following an earthquake that damages homes and kills at least 157 people

Following an earthquake that destroyed the majority of houses and left at least 157 people dead, thousands of peasants in the mountains of northwest Nepal spent their Saturday night outside in the savage cold.

The unexpected earthquake that struck the Jajarkot area on Friday night caused significant damage to the few concrete structures in the cities as well as the collapse of most of the dwellings in the rural.

Lal Bahadur Bika, a resident of Chiuri village, pointed to 13 corpses wrapped in white linen that were scheduled for cremation on Sunday morning. “We are waiting to cremate the bodies of our villagers and have been trying to take care of the people who were injured in the earthquake,” Bika said.

The majority of Chiuri Village’s dwellings fell.

People made a makeshift shelter for the night out of anything they could find, keeping warm with old garments and plastic sheets. The majority of individuals have not been able to dig through the debris to find their possessions.

According to local media, the majority of those slain were crushed by falling rubble when their homes, which were often constructed by piling rocks and logs together, collapsed due to the earthquake’s impact.

Rescuers were rushing to get help, but most of the mountain settlements were only accessible by foot, making operations difficult. The earthquake also caused landslides that obstructed roads. There were soldiers saw attempting to unclog the jammed highways.

Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha said on Saturday that efforts are being made by the government to provide relief to the impacted districts. After hundreds of people became homeless over night, food, medication, and tents were airlifted in.

“It began shaking rather badly when I was sound sleeping. When I attempted to flee, the home fell apart. One of the first persons sent to the regional hospital, Bimal Kumar Karki, stated, “I tried to escape, but half my body got buried in the debris.”

“I cried out, but all of my neighbors were in the same predicament and yelling for assistance at the same time. Before rescuers reached me, it took around 30 to 60 minutes,” he claimed.

Another wounded guy who was being treated in a hospital told the same story of being buried as he slept.

“I was asleep when the house caved in at around ten or eleven o’clock at night and it began to shake.” With his head covered in a white gauze, Tika Ram Rana said, “So many houses have collapsed and so many people have been buried.”

Rescuers’ main goal was to locate survivors in addition to providing help.

Footage of military retrieving remains as others assisted in excavating and transporting the wounded was shown on local media.