Nepal earthquake death toll climbs to 6,621

May 02, 2015 09:26

Nepal government ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors buried in the rubble from massive earthquake as it announced the death toll had risen to 6,621.

"It has already been one week since the disaster," home ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said.

"We are trying our best in rescue and relief work but now I don't think that there is any possibility of survivors under the rubble."

Dhakal put the number of injured at 14,023.

The 7.9-magnitude quake, which was the deadliest in Nepal for more than 80 years, devastated vast swathes of the country when it erupted at 11:44 AM on April 25 and reduced much of the capital Kathmandu to ruins.

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