Death toll from Afghanistan earthquakes rises to 'more than 1,000': Government
Sunday, 8 October 2023 The death toll from a series of earthquakes in remote western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to "more than 1,000", a government spokesman said. "Unfortunately, the casualties are practically very high... the death toll is more than one thousand people,"of Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake in Herat province, which was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. sjd-jts/fox/aha
Rescuers on Tuesday scaled back operations in Afghanistan's devastated northwest as chances of finding survivors diminished 72 hours after one of the world's deadliest earthquakes, while villagers in the area held mass funerals for their dead.
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A new magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolted western Afghanistan, killing two more in a region already hit by a series of potent quakes since October 7, which have caused the death of over 1,000 people.
Disaster authority spokesperson Mohammad Abdullah Jan said four villages in the Zenda Jan district in Herat province bore the brunt of the quake and aftershocks. Zee News
Sunday, 8 October 2023
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