(TibetanReview.net, Jan10’25) –More than three days after an up to 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Mt Everest county of Dingri in southern Tibet’s Shigatse city, it is still not clear how many people are missing. While the official death toll remains unchanged at 126, the number of those reported injured has nearly doubled to 337, according to China’s official Global Times newspaper, cited by Reuters Jan 10. The earthquake has triggered two avalanches in Bhutan which have mercifully caused no damages.
The report said rescuers had widened their search today for survivors near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite dwindling hopes for survival. Experts have been cited as saying...