Dozens of houses had been wrecked and buried by the snow, with most of those killed and injured in their homes when the avalanches hit, an official says
The avalanches were triggered by heavy snowfall in the Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to local authorities.Dozens of houses had been wrecked and buried by the snow, with most of those killed and injured in their homes when the avalanches hit, said Ahmad Raza Qadri, state minister for disaster management and rehabilitation, on Tuesday.
Several of the injured victims were airlifted by army helicopters to the region's capital, Muzaffarabad, for treatment, and more helicopters will airdrop food and essential supplies to residents cut off by snow.In a tweet on Tuesday, the region's Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan extended his condolences to those affected, adding that his administration would"leave no stone unturned to alleviate the sufferings of affected population.
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