Battle to avert more deaths in quake-hit Pakistan (snow coming)

[Angry Girl]

Please see this thread for more:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5251724&mesg_id=5251724

Pakistan says its death toll of more than 73,000 could rise as reports come in from remote areas cut off by landslides. Another 1,300 died in Indian Kashmir.

Pat Duggan, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, said organisation of the relief effort had improved enormously, but agencies were "crippled" by lack of resources.

"Right now the priority is what we can do by the end of November for the high altitude and remote places," she said.

Rashid Khalikov, deputy head of the U.N. operation, said not all the tents it had available were suitable for winter, when temperatures are expected to plunge to as low as minus 20 Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit).

Asked about fears of more deaths this winter, he said: "Much depends on how far we can go on distribution of tents and food."

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-05T112834Z_01_SPI533654_RTRUKOC_0_UK-QUAKE-SUBCONTINENT.xml

[maddezmom]

1. watched a story on CNNI today

it's heartbreaking, there are villages that still haven't been reached since the quake and probably won't ever be due to weather and logistics. :cry:

[Peter Frank]

2. Kick...

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