At least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm
More than 4 feet of snow fell in the area of the Murree Hills resort overnight Friday and early Saturday, trapping thousands of cars on roadways, said Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. The snow was so severe that heavy equipment brought in to clear it initially got stuck during the night, said Umar Maqbool, assistant commissioner for the town of Murree. Temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees Celsius .
Army members take part in a rescue operation in a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, some 28 miles north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Women cry inside an ambulance after they lost their family members during a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, some 28 miles north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. called in paramilitary troops and a special military mountain unit to help. By late Saturday, thousands of vehicles had been pulled from the snow but more than a thousand were still stuck, Ahmed said.
Army members take part in a rescue operation in a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, some 28 miles north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.
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