article_snippet.sent: Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN)When the earthquake struck, we huddled under a concrete beam -- and prayed.
article_snippet.sent: Another tremor -- the first of many to aftershocks that have continued to strike an already traumatized city -- shook the house.
article_snippet.sent: The journey towards my family home in Sifal was a map of quake destruction, with many houses -- old and new -- torn apart.
article_snippet.sent: In Putalisadak, I met a cousin who was sitting an entrance exam for a prestigious high school when the quake hit before the allotted time was over.
article_snippet.sent: a cousin who was sitting an entrance exam for a prestigious high school when the quake hit before the allotted time kept wondering out loud whether a cousin who was sitting an entrance exam for a prestigious high school when the quake hit before the allotted time could retake the test.
article_snippet.sent: the quake kept coming.
article_snippet.sent: As I walked my cousin to where my cousin were, us kept hearing rumors:  "More quakes forecast by experts for 5 p.m. and midnight.
article_snippet.sent: As if to confirm, tremors shook us at six and more would follow at 10 p.m. and midnight, with smaller shocks throughout the night.
highlights_snippet.sent: Journalist Sunir Pandey was visiting relatives with Nepal's 7.8 magnitude quake struck .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Journalist Sunir Pandey says relatives with Nepal's 7.8 magnitude quake ran to shelter under a concrete beam and prayed, as dust rose from the rubble .