Nepal quake death toll rises to more than 7000

A police team from Nepal has pulled out the bodies of about 50 people, including some foreign trekkers, from an avalanche-hit area, officials say, as the death toll from last month's devastating earthquake climbed to more than 7,000, ABC news reported.

None of the bodies have been identified, deputy superintendent of police in the northern district of Rasuwa, Pravin Pokharel, said.

Pokharel, who led the police team, said the bodies were pulled out on Saturday (local time), a week after the earthquake, and rescuers would return to the remote area on Sunday.

At least 200 people are still missing in the area, including villagers and trekkers, said Uddhav Bhattarai, a senior bureaucrat in the district.

"We had not been able to reach the area earlier because of rains and cloudy weather," he said by telephone.

The government said the death toll from the earthquake had reached 7,040 and 14,123 people had been injured.

The finance minister said, however, the death toll would climb "much higher" as emergency workers reached remote villages.