Heavy snow and avalanches have killed more than 100 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the weekend, according to the BBC.
In eastern Afghanistan, at least 50 people died and dozens more were missing on Sunday after an avalanche buried a village in Nuristan, provincial governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum said.
"Based on information from district officials, 50 dead bodies have been recovered and the number may increase," he said.
Afghan men push a car which was stuck in the snow on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on February 5, 2017. /CFP Photo
At least five other deaths from collapsed roofs were reported elsewhere in Nuristan.
"Avalanches have buried two entire villages," a spokesman for the Afghan ministry of natural disaster told AFP new agency.
According to Reuters, in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan, over the past two days, as many as 19 people were killed and 17 injured by avalanches, collapsed roofs and road accidents, said Naweed Frotan, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
An Afghan clad-burqa woman holds a child as she walks with a girl during snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 5, 2017. /CFP Photo
In neighboring Pakistan, at least nine people, including children, were killed by an avalanche in the northern Chitral district, with as many as 14 residents believed to still be trapped in collapsed houses, district official Syed Maghferat Shah said.
"So far the rescue workers have recovered nine bodies and efforts are under way to retrieve more," he said.
The avalanche struck a village of 25 houses, but evacuation operations were delayed by the weather, Chitral Deputy Commissioner Shahab Hameed Yousafzai said.
An Afghan man walks along a path under snow-laden trees in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 5, 2017. /CFP Photo
In a separate incident in the Chitral region, a government rescue worker was killed when an avalanche struck a check post near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the commanding officer told Reuters.
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