Work begins to clear landslides and reach remote valleys amid fears casualties from Monday’s magnitude 7.5 quake could be higher in isolated regions Pakistan has dispatched aircraft,road-clearing teams and rescuers to some of the country’s most isolated valleys in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 339 people in the region and injured an estimated 2000 more. A surveillance flight was sent to assess damage caused by the magnitude 7.5 quake in neighbouring Afghanistan, while a C-130 transport plane loaded with rations, and alert meals,tents and blankets was dispatched to Chitral, a far-flung former princely state that was particularly badly hit.
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Source: theguardian.com