and manesh shrestha, a journalist. a very strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake has hit the country of nepal, near the city of katmandu, a very densely populated area of a lot of older buildings, reports of fatalities and injury. we will continue to bring you the latest as the news continues right after this break. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we are following a major developing story in the country of nepal. a 7.9 magnitude earthquake has hit that country, less than 80 kilometers. we're just about 50 miles from the capital city of katmandu. nepal's ministry of home affairs says more than 150 people have been killed. witnesses say many buildings have collapsed in the city of katmandu. police and rescue workers are trying to reach people buried in the rubble. u.s. good survey say 13 aftershocks of 4.5 or greater. let's go to derek van dam tracking the aftershocks answer the origin. >> yes, that's right, george, just from the usgs, two of the aftershocks have been of the magnitude

sabine shrestha joins us from kathmandu. good to have you with us. it's been 48 hours now, are conditions in the city improving at all? >> as much as they can. the sun is cleaning. people are getting straight. aid has not reached them. we were in the outskirts where people were desperate. ready to attack government figures. relief and aid has been coming in. the cabinet made a decision to do something about it but they haven't gone on the field to distribute aid. there is anger and desperation that is building up. having lived through a major earthquake myself, and knowing what it's like to live through the after shocks. has the strength and intensity diminished. is the here diminishing itself? >> well i think because of that big after showing of 6.7 that we had the other day, people are fearful, and there has been lots of rumours before larger earthquakes, so there is no scientific evidence to that. these rumours are putting fear in people, and they are not willing to go back to their houses or resume their lives. because of the multiple aftershock

let's go to our cnn journalist manesh shrestha who joined from us katmandu. and he described to natalie allen the chaos he saw. listen. >> reporter: i came to one hospital and there were four bodies brought because of earthquake and dozens of bodies being treated out in the open. the casualty rate will be higher now. and i had turned away because i needstitches because they were too busy with other patients who had broken bones, broken bones and people had been injured in the head. so it is quite chaotic. this is the second hospital i came to and this is quite a chaotic scene out here. >> oh, my goodness, how were you injured? and you haven't been able to get medical help at this point? >> reporter: not yet, because i was turned away because i was not a priority. what happened was as i was running out of the house, i was slung. the earthquake slung me and i hit off the wall. and i got caughts. my stitches were not a priority to the hospital i went to so i come to another hospital to get stitches. >> manesh, are you walking all this way to try to get to a hosp

shrestha who is in kathmandu. >> people describe wave after wave of tremors the army sifting throughhe rubble looking for signs of life as well as bodies. the number of people killed is rapidly increasing. hundreds of bodies have been recovered. >> people have been trap in the rubble and the ministry is mobilizing it's crane. >> hospital beds have been set up on the streets and in the woods. treatment is basic. nepal is asking india to send mobile medical teams. the worst damage is in old kathmandu. it has narrow-winding lanes many blocked with rubble making it difficult for rescuers to get in. a 19th century tower has been knocked down. only a touch stump remains. >> people are afraid to go back to their homes. as darkness sets, people have come to these public places and built a shelter. it looks like a storm is coming and people are bracing themselves for a cold and wet night. 2.5million people live in kathmandu valley, their reports whole villages have been destroy. nepal is facing a major disaster and it's asking its neighbors for help. al jazeera kathmandu. >> the charity world

once they are reached would we know how big a catastrophe would this become let's talk to sab ina shrestha. reports of aftershocks. tell us what has been happening. >> there has been aftershocks the entire night and the whole day. the last one we had was awful. it was 7 on the rictor scale. the ground shook like jelly. we were panicking. everyone has been panicking since then. we walked around the areas with people have been taking refuge. if they see people exhausted and afraid of the next quake. >> as you say you know, people terrified of more after shocks. how are people coping many are sleeping in the open aren't they? people are sleeping in the open. we went to the area where a lot of people are staying. they are angry because they don't have any footed or water, no shelter. a lot of them have shelter, but should is rain, it will not help. they want tarp. they want people selling the water for three times the amount, and they want the government to step in. what about the hospitals. there were reports that they were overwhelmed with those injured. hospitals are struggling and are trea

. >> reporter: sapona shrestha is searching for the body of her nine-year-old son saulin. when the earthquake struck, he was playing on this street, now reduced to rubble. nobody's holding out any hope he'd be found alive. "everyone used to say he was so clever," sapona told us. "i'm worried that i'll never find him." digging for saulin's body was this team of buddhist monks all volunteers like trinley kungha. though they're breaking a buddhist tenet that forbids killing any living creature. >> reporter: but you've made an exception. >> yes. >> reporter: the earthquake didn't just take thousands of lives. it destroyed families, entire communities, and centuries of history. in the afternoon, there was a moment of excitement, though it wasn't saulin's body. instead, nepalese soldiers found a chicken still breathing after five days trapped under debris. the buddhist monks named it "long life." but after eight hours of digging for the young boy a sniffer dog still failed to pick up his scent. the monks called off their search for today. satonea's hope of finding her son's body

joining me now on the phone is alina shrestha. from world vision.an organization that focuses on children and families. you were with your young son when the earthquake struck. how are you doing now? what's happening around you? >> my son is in the car. >> alina, i know that many people -- it sounds like you're offering some shelter what are the things people need to do in order to be safe at this moment. >> i cannot hear you. >> what things are people doing to try to be safe in this moment. >> at the moment what we're doing is ensuring people have things. people are already affected. they fear after shocks because. [ inaudible ] >> alina shrestha joining us by phone. please be safe. we'll have another update in the next hour. >> now to another story making headlines here in the united states. it may have been the most anticipated se anticipated celebrity interview of the year so far. bruce jenner who rose to fame as an olympic hero and went on to be more famous as part of the kardashians ended months of speculation about a clear change of appearanc