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May 5, 2014 |
Afghanistan landslide: Rescuers give up hope of survivors
2,100 people are thought to be buried by the landslides that hit a remote area in northern Afghanistan. Officials say the site has become a mass grave for the village of Abi Barak. After the landslide struck on Friday, residents from a nearby village rushed to the scene to help dig people out and the second landslide struck, killing many of the rescuers. Rescue efforts on now focused on the displaced survivors. --Thea Breite (18 photos total)
A crane remove debris in order to search for victims of the landslide, in Argu village, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2014. At least 260 people have been found dead and 300 families are still missing and feared dead in the mudslide in the northeastern Afghanistan village of Abi Barak in Argu district. About 2,000 fled the area, police said. The disaster occurred May 2 after heavy rainfall in the mountainous province of Badakhshan, burying an entire village. (NASIR WAQIF/EPA) #
An Afghan villager cries as she sits on top of a mud field at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan Province on May 3, 2014. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors after a landslide buried an Afghan village. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Abi Barak village in Badakhshan Province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images) #
Villagers gather near tents in this aerial photograph ofAbi Barak village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. Afghan officials said they plan to build new houses for hundreds of families made homeless by a landslide that entombed a northeastern village and killed at least 300 people. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images) #
Displaced Afghans wait for aid near the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan Province May 5, 2014. Grief-stricken and desititute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes. Some 300 homes in Abi Barak, a village in the Argo district of Badakhshan, a remote and mountainous northeastern province, were buried under up to 50 metres of earth and debris. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters) #
Survivors try to get donations near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barakvillage in Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. Stranded and with no homes, many of the families have struggled to get aid. Some have gone to nearby villages to stay with relatives or friends, while others have slept in tents provided by aid groups. The unlucky ones have slept outside.(Massoud Hossaini/AP) #
Survivors walk and search for their relatives' bodies at the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barak village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. (Massoud Hossaini/AP) #
More links and information
Scale of Afghan landslide 'absolutely devastating' - cnn.com, 5/5/2014
Survivors’ Hopes Fade in Aftermath of Afghan Landslide - Nytimes.com, 5/5/2014
Hundreds killed, thousands missing in Afghan landslide - Reuters.com, 5/5/2014