Xinhuanet.com cob

xinhuanet.com Kabul on 3 May, due to heavy rains, the northeast of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, 2 landslides. Director of Afghanistan's national disaster management authority Mohamed · he told Xinhua 3, according to his understanding of the data, disaster death toll of between 600 to 900 people, this figure could rise further.

he said, when some cheap basketball ncaa jerseys local residents go to nearby villages to the wedding, so the actual number of missing may not so much. The Afghan central government sent a rescue team was rushed to the scene, the specific casualties and the number of missing still further with local officials check.

previously, the United Nations Assistance Mission adduced from local officials, said data, the number of missing more than 2000 people, mostly buried in the sand, without fear of possible survivors. Because of serious disasters, the local government plans to establish a cemetery in the affected locations and held a mourning ceremony in 3 days later.

, according to local media reports, 2 landslides occurred two times. The first time after the disaster, many residents are the site of the incident rescue, the subsequent landslides occur again, leading to a large number of buried. The village is located in mountainous areas, the back pillow mountain nearly half embankment collapse landslide, the place visited houses were razed trees.

some of the male villagers with shovels digging in the soil near the. Due to poor road conditions, large rescue equipment is difficult to enter the area, search and rescue work has little effect. Currently only found 3 bodies of the victims, has not yet found the survivors. Relief supplies are only by small vehicles and helicopters in the disaster zone. A lot of women, the elderly and children sitting in the house room, waiting for the local police distributing blankets, biscuits and cheap jerseys mineral water.

vice governor of Badakhshan province Berdahl said, the local police have evacuated nearly 700 households, more than 4000 local residents, in order to prevent the two disasters. The world food program has shipped nearly 80 tons of food to the disaster areas.

2 Afghan Red Crescent officials told the reporters that, more than 300 houses were buried in the disaster. Red Crescent has local organized volunteer team, and dispatch mobile medical room equipment and food cheap nhl jerseys and water and other emergency relief supplies to the cheap customized jerseys area. But because the road repair, transport process will be relatively slow.

the United Nations assistance to Afghanistan mission said, Afghan National Disaster agency is leading and coordinating the rescue operations, the United Nations is actively working in agencies, to provide assistance. Afghan President Karzai has ordered the army to participate in the rescue, Afghanistan's second vice cheapjerseys.us president Halili will travel to the disaster area to coordinate disaster relief.

(original title: Afghanistan landslides casualties rescue progress slow)