Earthquake in Pakistan

On October 30, Pakistani soldiers began distributing blankets, tents, warm jackets and sleeping bags to the victims in the cold mountain in southwestern Pakistan. A local official said so far, the total number of earthquake deaths has reached 215 people.

The 6.4-magnitude quake shook Baluchistan province, near the Afghan border, on 29 October, also destroying 2,000 homes in a series of villages.

Child victims of the October 29 earthquake (Photo: AP)

On October 30, authorities announced a move to the relief phase after local people and emergency workers conducted the final search of survivors and bodies buried under piles. dilapidated.

Zamrak Khan, an official in Baluchistan province, said the number of deaths has now reached 215, while casualties from remote areas continue to flow. There are also dozens of other seriously injured people being treated at hospitals.

In Ziarat district, the worst affected area with 15,000 people losing their homes, military aircraft dropped relief supplies for survivors. At Kawas, the military also distributed tents, blankets and sleeping bags to about 500 victims and transferred relief supplies from two trucks to other areas.

Authorities said last night (October 29), thousands of people were taken to temporary camps set up by the army, but they still had not reached remote areas so many people had to spend the night outside. in the middle of the cold cut skin.

'We spent the night in the cold and shaking children crying. The five of us wrapped up in a blanket , "said Ala Uddin, a 30-year-old farmer.

According to the International Red Cross, they distributed about 2,500 tents to earthquake victims while a group of doctors and doctors with a ton of medicine were helping local hospitals overloaded.

Many countries, including the US and Germany, have offered to help, but Pakistani authorities say they can control the situation and do not need to resort to a large-scale international relief effort.

Aerial photo of a village at Ziarat destroyed after an earthquake (Photo: AP)