Gold9472
10-08-2005, 06:56 PM
Earthquake Kills 3,000 Across South Asia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5330767,00.html
(Gold9472: My condolensces to everyone affected.)
Saturday October 8, 2005 7:46 PM
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake near the Pakistan-India border Saturday reduced villages to rubble, triggered landslides and flattened an apartment building. More than 3,000 people were killed in both nations, and a Pakistan army spokesman called the devastation ``a national tragedy.''
The toll included 250 girls who died when their school in northwestern Pakistan collapsed. Another 500 students were injured, said Ataullah Khan Wazir, police chief in the northwestern district of Mansehra.
In the capitals of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, buildings shook and walls swayed for about a minute, and panicked people ran from their homes and offices. Tremors continued for hours afterward. Communications throughout the region were cut.
About 1,000 people were killed in Pakistani Kashmir, said Sardar Mohammed Anwar, the top government official in the area. The army said 200 soldiers there were killed.
``This is my conservative guess, and the death toll could be much higher,'' Anwar told Pakistan's Aaj television station.
He said most homes in Muzaffarabad, the area's capital, were damaged, and schools and hospitals had collapsed.
At least 1,600 people died in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, said the province's top elected official, Akram Durani.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5330767,00.html
(Gold9472: My condolensces to everyone affected.)
Saturday October 8, 2005 7:46 PM
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake near the Pakistan-India border Saturday reduced villages to rubble, triggered landslides and flattened an apartment building. More than 3,000 people were killed in both nations, and a Pakistan army spokesman called the devastation ``a national tragedy.''
The toll included 250 girls who died when their school in northwestern Pakistan collapsed. Another 500 students were injured, said Ataullah Khan Wazir, police chief in the northwestern district of Mansehra.
In the capitals of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, buildings shook and walls swayed for about a minute, and panicked people ran from their homes and offices. Tremors continued for hours afterward. Communications throughout the region were cut.
About 1,000 people were killed in Pakistani Kashmir, said Sardar Mohammed Anwar, the top government official in the area. The army said 200 soldiers there were killed.
``This is my conservative guess, and the death toll could be much higher,'' Anwar told Pakistan's Aaj television station.
He said most homes in Muzaffarabad, the area's capital, were damaged, and schools and hospitals had collapsed.
At least 1,600 people died in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, said the province's top elected official, Akram Durani.