Heavy rainfall triggered two
landslides on Friday 2nd May at 11am
in the Badakhshan province of Afganistan. 4000 people have been displaced and
fatalities vary from 350 to 2700. So far 350 bodies have been recovered but
several more are missing and are feared to be burried under 300 feet of mud and
rock. 1000 homes have been affected of which 370 have been entirely burried by
the landslide.
Hundreds of rescue workers tried to search for survivors on Friday and
Saturday, but their effort was made impossible by the lack of tools and
machinery to dig through the thick material.
Search and rescue efforts have now been called off as officials nolonger
have hope of finding victims alive and attention has been turned to the 4000
displaced.
Aid has started to arrive for those affected and the location of the
landslide will be turned into a mass grave.
(Source: Reuters)
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