MINGORA: It was midnight when Yasmin and her family were ordered to urgently evacuate their room at the Honeymoon Hotel, perched above the picturesque ice-blue waters of the Swat river. They had swapped the sticky Lahore summer for the cooler climes of the northeastern mountains last week when they became embroiled in one of Pakistan's worst disas...
"There was chaos, everyone was rushing to save their life," the 53-year-old Yasmin told AFP on Tuesday after she was evacuated to Mingora. "We heard very strong bangs and then I saw the hotel we were staying in submerged in water. The sound of the water was so strong. It was like something had exploded." In the panic, she witnessed the despair o...
The water has receded but it could be days before road links are re-established with nearby towns. Junaid Khan, deputy commissioner for Swat, told AFP that up to 200,000 people were cut off. More than 600 stricken tourists have made up the majority of evacuations -- with women, children and the sick prioritised in an effort led by the military a...
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