Nepal quake: Death toll reaches 7,040 as more bodies found in rubble

Officials in Nepal say the death toll from last weekend’s massive earthquake has climbed past 7,040. National police officer Babu Kanji Giri said on Sunday that the death toll had reached 7,040 as more bodies are found in the debris. The Home Ministry said that 14,123 people were injured in the April 25 quake. Of them, 6,512 are being treated in hospitals. Nepal’s Home Ministry official Laxmi Dhakal says hopes of finding any more survivors are fading away as more than a week has passed since the massive earthquake. He says: “Unless they were caught in an air pocket, there is not much possibility.” Two survivors, a 15-year-old boy and a woman in her 20s, were rescued from the rubble on Thursday. AP