More bodies are being brought out daily from beneath the piles of rubble where once homes stood in Kathmandu.<br /><br /> So far the number of dead in Nepal has risen to about 5,000, but it could reach above 10,000 with information on casualties from far flung villages yet to come in.<br /><br /> Government officials are describing last Saturday’s destructive earthquake as a disaster on an “unprecedented scale”.<br /><br /> Experts from a polish NGO that has an 87-strong team in Nepal have said the chances of finding people alive in the ruins six days after the quake are next to zero.<br /><br /> It means the focus is turning more to the survivors and doctors are now warning that an out break of epidemics is likely due to the collapse of Kathmandu’s sanitation system – it could cause even more casualties.
