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Article: 40,000 feared dead in huge South Asia quake.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- October 11, 2005
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BALAKOT, Pakistan (AFP) - Rescuers were Monday struggling to reach cold and traumatized earthquake survivors cut off in the mountains of northeast Pakistan, as the authorities warned the death toll could reach 40,000.
The roads leading into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir - the area worst affected by Saturday's 7.6 magnitude quake - were blocked by landslides. Power and water supplies were down, hospitals and schools destroyed.
A senior official said the quake had killed between 30,000 and 40,000 people in Pakistan, and injured another 60,000. The official toll remained at 19,000 but military spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan said it would rise.
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