Over 1,000 Killed In Powerful Afghan Quake, Rescuers Work Through Night
The death count from a series of earthquakes in remote western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to "more than 1,000", a government spokesman said.
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The death count 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," Bilal Karimi told AFP of Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake in Herat province, which was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks.
Desperate rescuers scrabbled through the night searching for survivors of an earthquake that flattened homes.
The quake and its eight strong aftershocks jolted areas 30 km (19 miles) northwest of the provincial capital of Herat, toppling swathes of rural homes and sending panicked city dwellers surging into the streets.
A spokesman for the national disaster authority said they expect the death count "to rise very high".
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