At least 119 people have died along the Afghan-Pakistani border after three days of heavy snowfall caused a series of deadly avalanches Sunday.
Numbers are expected to rise as rescuers reach isolated regions where it's feared more people are trapped beneath the snow.
Most
of the casualties occurred in Afghanistan, where at least 119 have been
killed and 67 are reported injured, said Omar Mohammadi, a spokesman
for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority.
Mohamaddi said that most of the victims were women and children, and that deaths were reported in the provinces of eastern Nuristan, northern Parwan, Sar-e-Pul, Badakhshan and eastern Wardak.
Across the border in Pakistan, an
avalanche rocked the the district of Chitral late Saturday night, when
most were asleep. In the high-altitude Garam Chashma area, 13 have been
confirmed dead and 19 have been injured, said Shahab Ahmed, the District
Coordination Officer of Chitral.
The
dead in Garam Chashma include four women, four children, and one man,
Ahmed said. The devastating wave of pounding snow and ice left 19 houses
in the area damaged, he added
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