MUZAFFARABAD: The death toll rose to 79 as a 13-year-old survivor of an avalanche succumbed to her injuries in a hospital on Saturday.
According to details, a 13-year-old girl, Samina succumbed to her injuries in Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahayan Hospital and her dead body transported to Neelum valley via army helicopter.
Earlier, a 6-year-old survivor of an avalanche succumbed to her wounds in a hospital after 22 hours on Thursday. Safia was the only survivor as his eight family members including two brothers have died in the avalanche.
During the heavy snow, in Neelum Valley the death toll in several incidents of snow-sliding rose to 78 as the bodies of victims were retrieved from beneath mounds of snow, said Fayyaz Ali Abbasi, a senior official in the AJK government. He added that another 53 persons were rescued alive in injured condition.
Around 80 percent of the casualties had occurred in the hamlets of Bakwali and Seri in the Surgan area of tehsil Sharda, he said.
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