article_snippet.sent: Today, rescuers toiled in pouring rain among the debris, but officials said the chance of finding any more survivors was bleak as the death toll neared 5,500. '
article_snippet.sent: While rescue teams were out in Kathmandu Kathmandu despite the rain, helicopters could not fly to the worst-hit areas in the countryside of the Himalayan nation. '
article_snippet.sent: There may not be any more survivors,' said Rameshwor Dandal, chief of the disaster management centre at Nepal's home ministry.
article_snippet.sent: the rain is adding to the problems.
article_snippet.sent: Dandal said foreign rescue teams had told Dandal that foreign rescue teams work is almost done because there is little chance of finding any survivors.