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Quake toll jumps to estimated 35,000
(AP)
Updated: 2005-10-11 21:25
Heavy rain and hail forced the cancellation of some relief flights to
earthquake-stricken regions Tuesday and survivors scuffled over the badly needed
food — the first international aid to make it overland to this devastated city.
Officials estimated that the death toll would surpass 35,000.
In the latest of a series of remarkable rescues, emergency workers in the
northern town of Balakot pulled a teenage boy from the rubble on Tuesday, 78
hours after Saturday's quake.
"He's alive!" rescuers shouted as people gave the food and water to the boy
and kissed him on the head.
Two survivors, a 55-year-old woman and her 75-year-old mother, also were
pulled from the rubble of a quake-hit apartment building in Islamabad, 80 hours
after they were buried. They did not appear to have suffered serious injuries.
A French search team on Monday rescued at least five children buried in a
collapsed school in the northern town of Balakot, said Eric Supara, an official
at the French Embassy in Islamabad.
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