At least 36 people have died in Nepal and another 1,129 have suffered injuries due to the latest earthquake, said Nepalese Home Ministry Spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal. Three other deaths were reported in neighboring India, one official said.
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Many people in Kathmandu have brought tents and mats outside, evidently
planning to sleep outside, journalist Bhrikuti Rai said.
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Rose Foley, a UNICEF official in Kathmandu, said she and others "dived
under tables in the UNICEF building as it rocked from side to side."
After finally getting outside, Foley said, "Sitting out in the open it
felt like I was on a boat on rough seas as aftershocks hit."
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