Rain and snow ground quake aid flights

Heavy rain and snow buffeted Pakistan’s earthquake-hit areas for a second day today, grounding helicopter aid flights and blocking roads as doctors reported increasing respiratory infections among survivors.

Aid workers have warned that cold weather in the Himalayan foothills, where temperatures have already fallen below freezing, may claim more lives after the October 8 magnitude 7.6 quake left about 87,000 dead and 3.5 million homeless.