The powerful 7.3 magnitude tremor that struck Nepal this week left an already traumatized population gripped by even deeper fear, underlining concerns that the country is ill-prepared to cope with the mental side effects.
Tuesday's quake caused a fraction of the fatalities inflicted by the huge 7.8 earthquake that killed some 8,000 people less than three weeks earlier, but left millions more frightened than ever.
Binda Dhungel, 31, and her injured son and daughter sat inside a health clinic in the mountain town of Charikot on Wednesday after they walked two hours from their village, which was devastated in the second quake.
"There's not really anyone back in the village. There's no one else there. I don't know how we're going to survive," Dhungel said.
Tuesday's quake killed about 80 people, and destroyed many houses.
[For more of this story, written by Andrew Macaskill and Krista Mahr, go to http://www.reuters.com/article...dUSKBN0NY1Q320150513]
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