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Pakistan: Snow Avalanche: 2007/04/01 Country Information on DRR

Period 2007/04/01
Country or District Pakistan
Event Type Snow Avalanche
Outline On April 01, 2007, avalanches struck two villages in an isolated district in Pakistan's northwest, killing at least 29 people, police said, as warm weather and spring rains spark deadly flooding and snowslides across the region.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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ReliefWeb (OCHA)) 2007/04/04
Pakistani avalanche kills 4; toll near 50

CNN News 2007/04/02
Avalanches in Pakistan kill at least 38

ABC Radio Australia 2007/04/02
The death toll from an avalanche in northern Pakistan has risen to 29. Another 13 are still missing. Local officials says the avalanche buried 26 houses in snow in remote Washik Chitral Tor village.

IRIN News 2007/04/02
Avalanches kill more than 40 in north