Carole Cadwalladr speaks to victims, already desperate after the first earthquake, whose circumstances have become even more dire.

Weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8 000 people, another strong one shook Nepal in the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday.

While South Africans are trapped on a mountain pass north of Kathmandu, an SA humanitarian rescue team has been delayed in leaving the country.

Hungry villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal four days after a monster earthquake killed more than 5 000 people.

Prime minister Sushil Koirala has said earthquake fatalities could more than double to 10 000, another blow to one of Asia’s poorest countries.