article_snippet.sent: Honouring the dead: Volunteers are facing the daunting task of burning the bodies of earthquake victims following the tremor on Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: Running out: The wood necessary to build the thousands of pyres which are used to burn the dead has started to run out .
article_snippet.sent: As the death toll surpassed 4,000, there began to be a desperate shortage of the wood used to build the pyres.
article_snippet.sent: Some 250kg of wood is needed for each individual cremation.
article_snippet.sent: The areas where cremation rites can take place are also in short supply.
article_snippet.sent: Volunteers have also been carrying out the cremations .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, overwhelmed authorities are trying to cope with a shortage of drinking water and food, as well as the threat of disease.
highlights_snippet.sent: City's sacred temple overwhelmed with number of bodies while wood needed to make pyres is starting to run out .
  