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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| KP, Fata, enduring Brutal Pakistaini Winter |
| 2012-02-06 |
| [Dawn] It continued raining and snowing heavily in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's central and southern districts and adjoining tribal areas, especially Kurram and Khyber agencies, for the second day on Saturday blocking roads in hilly areas of Malakand and Hazara divisions. The Met Office forecast more rains and snowfall in the next 24 hours. Also in the day, a boy, Abdur Rehman, died in Batkhela area of Malakand Agency after a mud wall collapsed due to rains where he was standing. Reports said snow blanketed Swat Valley, Kalam, Behrain, Miandam, Malam Jaba, Marghazar and Shangla Top blocking roads, while chilly weather lowered temperature in Kalam to minus eight degree Celsius. The army sent heavy machinery to Kalam and Malam Jaba to clear snow from roads. In Bajaur, heavy showers and snowfall disrupted life and shut down all roads linked with Afghanistan's Kunar province. Heavy snowfall was also reported in some parts of Mamound, Salarzi and Nawagi tehsils. Some urban parts of the agency also received snow. Four to five feet snowfall have been recorded so for in the hilly parts of Pak-Afghan border area of Ghakhi pass and Nawa pass by which roads linked to Afghan Kunnnar province from Bajaur has been closed and the road link between Bajaur and Kunar was also suspended. |
| Posted by:Fred |