Death toll in Asian quake tops 79,000
The new numbers come as two strong aftershocks jolted the devastated region, unleashing landslides and setting off another wave of panic among survivors who lost loved ones and homes in the October 8 disaster.
Asif Iqbal Daudzai, information minister for Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, said yesterday that 37,958 people died in the province and at least 23,172 were injured, the vast majority of them in Mansehra district. He said the figures were based on reports from local government and hospital officials, and that the toll was likely to rise.
