Rescuers find 3 survivors in Nepal 8 days after quake
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An official says rescuers have found three survivors in a mountainous village in Nepal, eight days since the earthquake.
A villager walks his goats through the destroyed village of Pokharidanda, near the epicenter of the April 25 massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal
Surya Prasad Upadhaya, a government administrator, says two men and a woman were pulled out Sunday from near Syauli village. They have been taken to a nearby military hospital for treatment.
Other details are not immediately known.
The district is the worst hit by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake with the highest number of casualties.
It is located about 60 kilometers (35 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu.
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