Hundreds Feared Dead in Raging Pakistan Floods
Rescue workers said today that 70 bodies had been recovered from a flash flood in a remote corner of southwest Pakistan, and that about 25,000 people are homeless.
Officials said at least 300 people were still missing after freak spring rains inundated the Turbat district, and that thousands were stranded on high ground and in treetops.
The final death toll was expected to be in the hundreds, but it was impossible to determine because of the remoteness of the terrain and the collapse of telecommunications systems and roads, rescue officials said.
“About 3,000 houses were washed away in the floods in Turbat and its surroundings,” one local government official said.
“So far around 70 bodies have been recovered from different areas of Turbat up until late last night,” he said.
A huge relief operation was underway as army and navy helicopters rescued stranded villagers and ferried them to makeshift shelters.
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