Nepal Rushes Aid, Rescue Operations After Quake Kills at Least 157

KATHMANDU, NEPAL - Survivors of a strong earthquake that shook Nepal 's northwest in the middle of the night described sudden shaking followed by houses collapsing and burying entire families, as the death toll rose to 157 on Saturday.

Most of those killed were crushed by debris when their houses - usually made by stacking rocks and logs - crumbled under the force of the temblor Friday at midnight, local media re