Posted on 01/15/2020 11:51:35 AM PST by BenLurkin
A 12-year-old girl was found alive after she was buried under snow for 18 hours when an avalanche in Pakistan-administered Kashmir engulfed the family house.
Rescuers have been racing against time to reach scores of people believed still to be trapped inside their homes, buried under avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall.
The worst affected area was Kashmir's Neelum Valley, where the 21 bodies were retrieved, said Ahmad Raza Qadri, a minister for disaster management.
He said that since Sunday, 76 people have been killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in weather-related incidents.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
only to be stoned to death in another honor killing.
No, she's only twelve. She will be MARRIED OFF to some 60-year-old lecher.
I block al jazeera on my TV, just so I won’t accidentally add to their viewers.
Has Trump been blamed for the avalanche yet?
I wonder if she was rescued by a compassionate Asian man from Britian, if so lucky her./////
The girl was in her house. She could not leave but she was not really in danger.
Joe Biden on expedia right now.
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