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Devastation in Nepal after second powerful earthquake

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday - the biggest aftershock to date of a quake which left more than 8,000 people dead less than a month ago.

The latest earthquake has left more than 90 people dead and thousands injured.

Meanwhile, search teams are trying to locate a US military helicopter which went missing during an aid mission with six Marines and two Nepali soldiers on board.

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Missing helicopter 'may have come down in river'

Nepalese service members load relief supplies into a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom Credit: Reuters

A US Marines helicopter missing in Nepal with eight on board may have come down in a river, the Nepali army has been told.

A senior officer said it had received information that the chopper, which was participating in earthquake relief operations, may have come down in the Charikot area hit hard by an earthquake.

Major Rajan Dahal said 400 soldiers are taking part in the search.

"The info we have is that it is down in one of the rivers, but none of the choppers has seen it yet," he said. "There are 400-plus of our ground troops looking for it also, by this evening, we might get it."

The Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey chopper lost radio contact yesterday after its crew was heard talking about fuel problems.

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