Nepal earthquake: 15-year-old boy found alive in rubble five days after disaster struck

A 15-year-old boy has been found alive in the ruins of a building, five days after the devastating Nepal earthquake.

The teenager was discovered by rescue workers in the capital Kathmandu, and the effort to pull him from the wreckage is ongoing, the BBC reports.

Rescue teams across the country have been in toiling pouring rain in the debris left by last week's quake, but officials said the chance of finding any more survivors was bleak as the death toll neared 5,500.

While rescue teams were out in the capital Kathmandu despite the rain, helicopters could not fly to the worst-hit areas in the countryside of the impoverished Himalayan nation.

"There may not be any more survivors," said Rameshwor Dandal, chief of the disaster management centre at Nepal's home ministry.

"The rain is adding to the problems. Nature seems to be against us."

Anger over the slow pace of the rescue flared on Wednesday with protests outside parliament.

In the interior, villagers blocked trucks carrying supplies, demanding the government do more to hasten the distribution of aid that has flooded into the country but has been slow to reach those in need.

An official from Nepal's home ministry said the number of confirmed deaths from Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake had risen to 5,489 by Thursday morning.

Almost 11,000 were  injured, and more than 80 were also killed in neighbouring India and Tibet