article_snippet.sent: (CNN)By the time you reach the outskirts of Nepal's capital, even the roads are showing signs of the sheer magnitude of this earthquake -- and the enormity of the task awaiting a country struggling to come to terms with devastation and tragedy.
article_snippet.sent: The main highway that heads east out of Kathmandu shows massive cracks,
article_snippet.sent: the tarmac torn apart by the force of Saturday's huge tremor.
article_snippet.sent: One lane is bisected by gaping, half-meter (1.5 feet) fissures.
highlights_snippet.sent: Roads out of Kathmandu are damaged but passable .
  