75 dead in AJK alone - with Neelum Valley being the worst hit where
avalanches buried whole villages; PM, COAS saddened over casualties
MUZAFFARABAD/GUETTA
Over100 people are dead and many more injured as the scale of ongoing calamitous snowfall unfolded on Tuesday with most deaths confirmed in a remote valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) where volatile snow triggered multiple avalanches with deadly consequences. Pakistani military has mobiles edits troops and helicopters to help civil authorities evacuate stranded people,
clear clogged roadways and airdrop relief items in the remote valleys ahead of a fresh spell of heavy snow expected on Friday. Until Monday night, officials would confirm deaths in AJK, but the toll soared to 75 overnight. "We can confirm 59 people have died to reach the remote valley. Deputy Commissioner Shahid said the ravaged valley is not accessible by road as all land routes are clogged. It's also perilous to fly helicopters as the snow is too unstable for them to land on. However, he said that Army Aviation helicopters one each from Rawalpindi and Muzaffarabad have been sent to airdrop food and non food items for the avalanche survivors. Abdul Rahman Sheikh, 62, said an avalanche had buried his home and seven others in his village on Monday, according to a New York Times report. He dug through the snow until midnight to rescue his family, recovering his daughter-in-law who survived with injuries and the frozen bodies of eight other family members. mostly in avalanches," Rajauty commissioner of Neelum first. "I have eight dead bodies lying in the open. If I send Valley, said on Tuesday. of 62, with another 10 people in Neelum Valley and one Neelum, burying more than least 50 bodies. An unspecific her to the hospital, who will "Forty-six people died in the missing and presumed each in Kotli, Rawalakot and two dozen houses undefined number of villagers are look after her there? And Surgan Bakwali area alone," dead. The state run APP re Sudhanoti districts office. Survivors dug through still buried underneath. if I go along with her, who
According to AFP, the ported on the authority gigantic mass of snow the snow mass with bare Casualties are expected to will bury toe eight bodies?" State Disaster Management AJK government Sources that rolled over a village in the hands, shovels or whatever rise once rescuers arrive by Sheikh asked mournfully. Authority gave a death toll 75 people have died in all; 69 Surgan Bakwali area of they could find to retrieve at helicopter.
avalanches buried whole villages; PM, COAS saddened over casualties
MUZAFFARABAD/GUETTA
Over100 people are dead and many more injured as the scale of ongoing calamitous snowfall unfolded on Tuesday with most deaths confirmed in a remote valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) where volatile snow triggered multiple avalanches with deadly consequences. Pakistani military has mobiles edits troops and helicopters to help civil authorities evacuate stranded people,
clear clogged roadways and airdrop relief items in the remote valleys ahead of a fresh spell of heavy snow expected on Friday. Until Monday night, officials would confirm deaths in AJK, but the toll soared to 75 overnight. "We can confirm 59 people have died to reach the remote valley. Deputy Commissioner Shahid said the ravaged valley is not accessible by road as all land routes are clogged. It's also perilous to fly helicopters as the snow is too unstable for them to land on. However, he said that Army Aviation helicopters one each from Rawalpindi and Muzaffarabad have been sent to airdrop food and non food items for the avalanche survivors. Abdul Rahman Sheikh, 62, said an avalanche had buried his home and seven others in his village on Monday, according to a New York Times report. He dug through the snow until midnight to rescue his family, recovering his daughter-in-law who survived with injuries and the frozen bodies of eight other family members. mostly in avalanches," Rajauty commissioner of Neelum first. "I have eight dead bodies lying in the open. If I send Valley, said on Tuesday. of 62, with another 10 people in Neelum Valley and one Neelum, burying more than least 50 bodies. An unspecific her to the hospital, who will "Forty-six people died in the missing and presumed each in Kotli, Rawalakot and two dozen houses undefined number of villagers are look after her there? And Surgan Bakwali area alone," dead. The state run APP re Sudhanoti districts office. Survivors dug through still buried underneath. if I go along with her, who
According to AFP, the ported on the authority gigantic mass of snow the snow mass with bare Casualties are expected to will bury toe eight bodies?" State Disaster Management AJK government Sources that rolled over a village in the hands, shovels or whatever rise once rescuers arrive by Sheikh asked mournfully. Authority gave a death toll 75 people have died in all; 69 Surgan Bakwali area of they could find to retrieve at helicopter.
