Rescue workers in the cold, high-altitude Tibet region in western China searched for more survivors and victims Wednesday, one day after a strong earthquake leveled thousands of houses and killed at least 126 people. The earthquake struck about 75 kilometers (50 miles) from Mount Everest and the border with Nepal, where the shaking sent people running out of their homes in the capital Kathmandu. The dead included at least 22 of the 222 residents of Gurum, the village’s Communist Party chief Tsering Phuntsog told the official Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday.
