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The body of a nine-year-old boy is laid out before a cremation ceremony next to the Pashupatinata temple in Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A member of the Nepalese security forces walks among earthquake debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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The body of a nine-year-old boy (R) is prepared for a cremation ceremony next to the Pashupatinata temple in Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A Nepalese woman mourns the death of her 9-year-old son during a cremation ceremony in the Pashupatinata temple in Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A policeman stands among earthquake debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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Nepalese residents walk through rubble in the earthquake damaged area of Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A Nepalese resident pats a dog as he sits on rubble in the earthquake damaged area of Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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Rescue officials search through rubble in the earthquake damaged area of Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A Nepalese resident walks through rubble in the earthquake damaged area of Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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Nepalese Military Police officials search through rubble in the earthquake damaged area of Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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An elderly woman rests in a makeshift tent following an earthquake in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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A woman walks the through rubble of houses damaged by the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A man walks through rubble of houses damaged by the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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A man walks through rubble of houses damaged by the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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Women walk through the rubble of houses damaged by the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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In this photograph released by Habitat for Humanity on April 28, 2015, Nepalese residents gather in an area of temporary shelter in Kathmandu on April 26, 2015, following a 7.8 magnitutde earthquake in the Himalayan nation. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/EZRA MILLSTEIN/HABITAT FOR HUMANITY -----EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/EZRA MILLSTEIN/HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVESEzra Millstein/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (EZRA MILLSTEIN / AFP/Getty Images)
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In this photograph released by Habitat for Humanity on April 28, 2015, Nepalese residents walk in an area of destroyed buildings in Kathmandu on April 25, 2015, following a 7.8 magnitutde earthquake in the Himalayan nation. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/EZRA MILLSTEIN/HABITAT FOR HUMANITY -----EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/EZRA MILLSTEIN/HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVESEzra Millstein/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (EZRA MILLSTEIN / AFP/Getty Images)
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People walk among earthquake debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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A French fireman with a rescue dog looks for earthquake survivors among debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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Spanish rescue workers with a rescue dog look for surviviors among debris following an earthquake in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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A rescue worker puts on a mask next to earthquake debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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French rescue workers walk among earthquake debris as they look for survivors in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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People queue up for food supplies in a street following an earthquake, in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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People walk among earthquake debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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Nepalese women walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)
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People walk among earthquake debris in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on April 28, 2015. Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on April 28, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed nearly 4,500 people. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:   (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images)
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AP —  Con las palmas unidas en señal de súplica, mujeres nepalesas imploraban por alimentos, refugio y cualquier suministro que un helicóptero hubiera traído el miércoles a esta aldea montañosa devastada cerca del epicentro del colosal terremoto que mató la semana pasada a más de 5.000 personas.

En contraste con la capital Katmandú, donde la mayoría de los edificios no se derrumbaron completamente, los caseríos que están al pie de las montañas en el distrito de Gorkha quedaron asolados. Las viviendas quedaron reducidas a montones de escombros de piedras y madera astillada. Las lonas de color naranja utilizadas para cubrir los techos estaban dispersas por las terrazas escalonadas de los arrozales excavadas en las laderas.

“Tenemos hambre”, reclamó una mujer llorosa que dijo llamarse Deumaya, mientras se señalaba el estómago y abría la boca en señal de desesperación. Otra mujer, Ramayana, con los ojos desencajados, repetía como una letanía “¡Hambre! ¡Estamos hambrientos!”

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Pero los alimentos no son la única necesidad en estos parajes lejos de los caminos pavimentados, el tendido eléctrico y otras ventajas del mundo moderno. En estos días hasta el agua escasea. La comunicación es dificultosa. Y la atención médica moderna es un lujo que muy pocos aquí han visto jamás.

Gumda es una de un puñado de aldeas que recibieron toda la fuerza del terremoto de magnitud 7.8 que sacudió la tierra el sábado.

Pero al igual que en muchas otras aldeas, la cifra de muertos en Gumda fue muy inferior a lo que se temió en un primer momento, ya que muchos aldeanos estaban trabajando al aire libre cuando se produjo el temblor al mediodía. De los 1.300 habitantes de Gumda, cinco murieron y 20 resultaron heridos.

Cuando el helicóptero aterrizó el miércoles con bolsas de arroz de 40 kilogramos (90 libras), el viento y la lluvia azotaban el terreno montañoso. Al ver las condiciones, Geoff Pinnock, del Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas, gritó para poder ser escuchado mientras rugían las hélices: “El próximo cargamento será de láminas de plástico. Esta gente necesita abrigo más que alimentos”.

Unos 200 aldeanos se agolparon bajo unos pocos paraguas y lonas impermeables para recibir la ayuda.

“Evidentemente se necesitan más helicópteros, más personal y por cierto más elementos de ayuda, incluso equipos médicos, abrigo, carpas, agua, elementos de higiene y alimentos”, dijo Pinnock, que coordina los vuelos de asistencia.

Como 8 millones de nepaleses resultaron afectados por el sismo, incluso 1.400.000 en necesidad de ayuda alimenticia inmediata, Pinnock dijo que el esfuerzo de asistencia podría prolongarse meses. “Esto no se soluciona de un día para otro”, comentó.

La policía nepalesa informó el miércoles que la cifra de muertos por el terremoto ascendía a 5.027. Otras 18 personas murieron en las laderas del Monte Everest y 61 en la vecina India. La agencia noticiosa oficial china Xinhua dijo que hubo 25 muertos en Tíbet.

El desastre también dejó más de 10.000 heridos, indicó la policía, y miles más quedaron sin hogar. La ONU dijo que el desastre afectó a 8,1 millones de personas —más de una cuarta parte de los 27,8 millones de habitantes del país— y que 1,4 millones necesitaban alimentos.

Al pequeño aeropuerto de Katmandú llegan aviones con alimentos y suministros de ayuda, pero el proceso de distribución es caótico.

Unas 200 personas bloquearon el tránsito en la capital el miércoles para protestar por el ritmo lento de la distribución. Hubo algunos forcejeos con la policía pero no se informó de arrestos.

Sin embargo la policía arrestó a docenas de personas sospechosas de saquear casas abandonadas y por causar pánico al difundir rumores de otro gran terremoto. El oficial de policía Bigyan Raj Sharma afirmó que 27 personas fueron detenidas por robo.

Pero en un indicio de retorno a la normalidad, los bancos en Katmandú abrieron el miércoles durante algunas horas y cargaron dinero en los cajeros automáticos.

Miles de personas se alinearon frente a las terminales de autobuses en la capital en la esperanza de llegar a sus pueblos rurales. Algunos tenían pocas noticias de sus familiares desde el sábado.

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