Night is falling in Nepal after a massive earthquake killed over 1,000 people there, and people from inside the capital of Kathmandu are tweeting haunting images of the city post-disaster.
Photographer Kashish Das Shrestha tweeted that Kathmandu was turning into a "tent city" as survivors try to find temporary shelter after dark. (per The New York Times.) Tourists and locals alike were sleeping on the streets, he tweeted around 10:15 p.m. local time on Saturday.
Other locals tweeted haunting nighttime images as well.
Tourists and locals sleeping on Thamel street. Others looking for place to sleep. H pic.twitter.com/0PxlWR7ECp
- Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) April 25, 2015At 10PM now, there are also many #tourists headed out of thamel to open spaces with tent to spend the night. pic.twitter.com/CagpnzgWfB
- Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) April 25, 2015Kathmandu turning into tent city; am sure other affected parts of Nepal too. Many ppl will wake thirsty hungry 2moro pic.twitter.com/IGwhB53ndn
- Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) April 25, 2015People in group inside Singha Durbar, the central secretariat. Hundreds inside. . @the_hindu @abaruah64 #nepalquake pic.twitter.com/S33mfP5D85
- Damakant Jayshi (@damakant) April 25, 201525th Ward Youth Club have setup first aid relief center outside Taleju temple. Crowd set to spend night out here too pic.twitter.com/Wz8Hi3t16x
- Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) April 25, 2015Kathmandu turning into tent city; am sure other affected parts of Nepal too. Many ppl will wake thirsty hungry 2moro pic.twitter.com/IGwhB53ndn
- Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) April 25, 2015