from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, thanks for joining for us. the death toll is mounting in he aftermath of the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has devastated a huge swath of nepal. emergency workers are desperately searching for survivors combing through mountains of shifting debris. authorities say as many as 2,400 people are confirmed dead. hundreds are missing and as many as 6,000 may have been injured. >> most of them are suffering from head injuries, spine injuries, abdominal injuries. >> ( translated ): my father got injured, i lost my daughter, i broke my leg, it is very difficult now and i have nothing with me. >> stewart: a dozen aftershocks have made the search even more treacherous across the kathmandu valley, which is home to some 2.5 million people. the capital city itself is just 50 miles southeast of the quake's epicenter. thousands of displaced residents and tourists are being forced to sleep outside. >> everyone waited for it to finish. and once it finished there were just floods of people runni