THE first mortal victim from Spain of the Nepali earthquake has been found, and another eight Spaniards are still being searched for, reveals the country's foreign office.
Roser Palau, 37, was hiking in the Langtang National Park, one of the worst-hit areas of the Asian country when it was struck by a quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, followed by 35 aftershocks reaching 6.6.
She had sent an email to her father a day before the quake saying she would be in a mountain area with no mobile signal, according to Xavier Godàs, mayor of Vilassar de Dalt (Barcelona province) where Roser lived.
Roser left her accommodation at 07.30hrs on the day of the tremor to go for a walk without her tour group.
Langtang National Park is very popular with walkers and, along with Kathmandu and the Himalayas, is among the most-visited tourism attractions in Nepal.
The loss of Roser brings the death toll to 7,557, and a total of 14,409 have been injured.
Most of these victims were in the district of Sindhupalchowk, to the north of Kathmandu, and in the capital itself.
A total of 99 hikers in the Langtang park have been found dead.
Spain is still trying to contact eight of its citizens in Nepal, out of the original 579 tourists and expatriates known to be there.
Tourists, and expats who wished to be, have been repatriated.
One holidaymaker, a doctor, said he wanted to stay in the country to help with the aftermath.
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