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Frantic search for Nepal quake survivors as toll tops 2,000

People gather near the cracks on the road caused by an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Photo:Reuters)

Rescuers in Nepal searched frantically Sunday for survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,000, digging through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu and airlifting victims of an avalanche at Everest base camp.

Terrified residents of Kathmandu were woken by fresh aftershocks in the worst disaster to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation in more than 80 years, with many forced to spend the night trying to sleep out on the streets and open ground in tents.

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