SHAH MARAI via Getty Images Afghan men make their way down a snow-covered street in Kabul on February 5, 2017. KABUL, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend. 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. The avalanche struck a village of 25 houses, but evacuation operations were delayed by the weather, Chitral Deputy Commissioner Shahab Hameed Yousafzai.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2017 17:59 UTC