Quake toll estimate rises to 87,350

The estimated death toll in South Asia’s earthquake jumped to more than 87,000 today, the one-month anniversary of the disaster, as survivors prepared for the region’s savage Himalayan winter.

The United Nations says its agencies needs more than £20m (€29m) for crucial efforts this month to bring help for victims of the devastatig October 8 quake centred in divided Kashmir.