but the death toll is expected to rise. the people here have lived through many an earthquake, but never felt tremors of this magnitude, which have shaken both their surroundings and their sense of safety. 0ur asia correspondent suranjana teqari told me how the conditions are hampering the rescue effort. there is actually heavy rain forecast and potential landslides, and the authorities have said that that will hamper rescue efforts further. the peninsula where the earthquake struck on monday is a very narrow peninsula, it s not heavily populated, but the roads are quite narrow and they have been damaged in the earthquake and that has made it really difficult, asjean s report mentioned not only for our teams to reach the most affected areas, but also those rescue workers. the other problem that is hampering rescue operations is after shocks and tremors.
populated, but the roads are quite narrow and they have been damaged in the earthquake and that has made it really difficult, asjean s report mentioned not only for our teams to reach the most affected areas, but also those rescue workers. the other problem that is hampering rescue operations as after shocks and tremors. just this morning there was another big tremor, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake, and that is further hampering the rescue efforts. in fact, we understand that rescue workers that were trying to rescue people from a collapsed building had to pull out because of that tremor. the president of harvard university has announced her resignation.