(Reuters) – {Thousands of Nepalis began fleeing the capital Kathmandu on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks and fearing shortages of food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 3,200 people.}<\/p>\n
Roads leading out of the mountain valley city of one million were jammed with people, many with babies in their arms, trying to climb onto buses or hitch a ride aboard cars and trucks.<\/p>\n
Huge queues had formed at Kathmandu airport with people desperate to get a flight out.<\/p>\n
Many said they had slept in the open since Saturday’s quake, either because their homes were flattened or they were terrified that aftershocks would bring them crashing down<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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