At least 21 die in vehicles trapped by Pakistan snowstorm

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ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall, authorities said Saturday (Jan 8). Police reported that at least six people had frozen to death in their cars, while it was not immediately

ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall, authorities said Saturday .

Video shared on social media showed cars packed bumper-to-bumper, with 1m-high piles of snow on their roofs. The Punjab province chief minister's office said Murree had been declared a"disaster area" and urged people to stay away."Unprecedented snowfall and rush of ppl proceeding without checking weather conditions caught district admin unprepared," he tweeted.

 

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