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Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 215
Thursday, October 30, 2008 | No comments posted.
WAM, Pakistan (AP) — Soldiers handed out blankets, tents, jackets and sleeping bags to earthquake survivors in the frigid mountains of southwestern Pakistan today, as a provincial official reported that the death toll had risen to 215.
The 6.4-magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, demolishing an estimated 2,000 homes in a string of villages.
“Oh God, what have you done?” wailed one woman as she surveyed the ruins of hard-hit Wam village. The woman, who did not give her name, said she had lost two brothers, two sons and a sister-in-law.
Officials today declared the rescue phase of the operation over after residents and emergency workers mounted a final search for survivors or bodies buried in the rubble.
The 6.4-magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, demolishing an estimated 2,000 homes in a string of villages.
“Oh God, what have you done?” wailed one woman as she surveyed the ruins of hard-hit Wam village. The woman, who did not give her name, said she had lost two brothers, two sons and a sister-in-law.
Officials today declared the rescue phase of the operation over after residents and emergency workers mounted a final search for survivors or bodies buried in the rubble.
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