Week2-Nepal earthquake, 2015, death toll, kill

As time for mourning ends, Nepal turns focus to repair and recovery

By Moni Basu and Manesh Shrestha, CNN

May 7, 2015

On the 13th day of Nepal's tragedy, the nation ended a period of mourning that is customary in Buddhist and Hindu traditions.

Mourners took ritual baths in the Bagmati River and offered prayers for the loved ones they lost in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that rocked this Himalayan country April 25.

In Kathmandu, the capital, signs of normalcy blossomed next to the scars of disaster.

At Tudikhel, the sprawling city's largest green space, rows of bright blue tents flown in by the Chinese government provided shelter for hundreds of families displaced from their homes.

Under an recreational tent sponsored by Samsung, people sat on the floor watching a Nepalese movie on a large flat screen. Inside another tent, Japanese medics provided care for the sick.

Some people said they would remain here for a while, their homes damaged to the point of being unsafe. Tremors from aftershocks can still be felt here.

The earthquake's death toll now stands at 7,803. The Kathmandu district took the brunt of the losses, with 3,035 fatalities. Nepal's National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC), says 403 people are believed to missing. It's the first time the agency has released a figure of those unaccounted for.

More than 10% of the country's homes were destroyed (299,588) or damaged (269,107), according to NEOC data.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/07/world/nepal-earthquake-missing/index.html

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-not given

      WHEN-May 7, 2015

      WHAT-the results of Nepal earthquake 

      WHY-earthquake      

WHERE-Nepal

      HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1.mourn-哀痛；哀悼

   2.customary-習慣上的；合乎習俗的

   3.brunt-衝擊

   4.ritual-儀式的

   5.magnitude-巨大；重大

   6.normalcy-常態；正常

   7.sprawl-使不規則地延伸

   8.tremor-震顫；顫抖

   9.fatality-死亡；死者

  10. sponsor-發起者