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Rescuers battle to reach Nepal quake victims

– Families flee Kathmandu –

Families who work in Kathmandu were packing onto buses – some even sitting on the roofs – in an exodus from the city, many for their home villages to determine the damage there.

Mothers clutching children and men hauling bags were seen bargaining with drivers of the many buses clogging the roads out of the capital.

Long queues formed outside petrol stations while supermarkets were seeing a run on staples such as rice and cooking oil.

Those who remained in the capital were sleeping outdoors in makeshift tents in parks and other open spaces, many having lost their houses and others too terrified to return home after several powerful aftershocks.

With just plastic sheets to protect them from the elements, many were desperate for aid and information on what to do next.

“There is just too much fear and confusion,” said Bijay Sreshtha, who fled to a park with his three children, wife and mother when the quake hit.

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