Mediaboss Marketing

Topic driven playlist

A series of avalanches were sparked by heavy snowfall in Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 107 people, officials say.

"More than 65 others have been injured and more than 150 homes destroyed by the avalanches," said Omer Mohammadi, spokesman for the Afghan state minister for disaster management and humanitarian affairs.

According to Reuters, dozens more were missing after an avalanche buried a village in eastern Afghanistan, provincial governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum said.

An avalanche in neighboring Pakistan killed at least 14 people and buried five homes, Nizamud Shah, a local official in the northern town of Chitral told the Associated Press. He added that several other people are missing.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will coordinate rescue efforts and arrange medical assistance, food and shelter for those affected.

Rescue efforts were immediately launched by District Administration, Frontier Corps and other groups.

A mass of snow, ice and rocks plummeted upon five houses in Pakistan's Sher Shal village in the district of Chitral on Sunday, killing 14 people. (Ajab Khan/Instagram)

The local community is recovering bodies and rendering first aid to those injured. NDMA is also coordinating helicopter relief due to inaccessible roads.

"It looks like most of the snow is over with and through the end of the week it should remain mostly dry with temperatures slowly rising up," AccuWeather Meteorologist Alan Reppert said. "By next weekend, there is a threat for some more snow to come in."

NDMA is continuously monitoring the situation.

Report a Typo

See more here:
Avalanches kill dozens in Afghanistan and Pakistan - AccuWeather.com