Posted on 01/08/2022 8:37:19 AM PST by BenLurkin
As many as 1,000 vehicles became stranded as would-be tourists reportedly rushed to view the winter snowfall in the hilltop town of Murree.
A policeman, his wife and their six children, as well as another family-of-five, are among the dead, according to local emergency services Rescue 1122.
The military is attempting to clear roads and rescue those still trapped.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said the crisis had been caused by the number of people travelling to the area, north of the capital Islamabad. More than 100,000 cars had arrived in the colonial-era town in recent days, with social media in Pakistan flooded with pictures of people enjoying the snow.
But by Friday, local media reported that tourists were getting stranded. On Saturday, the heavy snow and increase in vehicles prompted authorities to declare the region a disaster zone.
Locals have provided blankest and food to the trapped, while those who could make it up to the town - which sits at 2,300 metres (7,500 feet) above sea level - have been given shelter in government and school buildings.
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Why couldn’t they just buy a snow globe for Christmas like the rest of us? 🤪
Really.
“More than 100,000 cars had arrived in the colonial-era town in recent days”
It just couldn’t be a town to the wokesters at the BBC, it had to be a ‘colonial-era town’.
People not familiar with snow are unlikely to realize how cold it can be and how fast you can lose heat, especially if you get wet.
CNY was no different.
Idiots don't understand the laws of physics.
“...in the hilltop town of Murree.”
It’s at 7500 feet, which I guess, is a ‘hilltop’ for Pakistan, since they have the Western end of the Himalayas.
So does that mean that the glaciers on mount Everest haven’t melted yet, like they were supposed to?
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