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Residents Of The Dakotas Affected By Nepal Earthquake

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota doctor is planning to travel to his home country of Nepal to help victims of the weekend earthquake that killed thousands of people.

Binod Dhungana is among a dozen people from Nepal who work at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He says his family in Nepal survived, but he has friends there who are suffering.

Others in the Dakotas also have family and friends in Nepal. Nick Schwieters of Bismarck tells The Bismarck Tribune his wife and two of her friends had just left the capital of Kathmandu when the magnitude-7.8 quake struck Saturday, and are safe.

Others are still waiting for word on loved ones. Sarah Bradley of Belle Fourche (foosh) tells KEVN-TV that she’s still waiting to hear from her sister, who was hiking in Nepal.

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