Death toll surges to 110 in recent devastating snow and weather-related incidents

Over 76 confirmed dead and 94 injured in AJK’s, 31 in Balochistan and 2 in GB   News Desk The death toll from snow-related incidents in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 76, bringing the total number of casualties from weather-related incidents across the country to over 100. According to Neelum Valley Deputy Commissioner Raja Shahid Mehmood, the deaths …

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A Ukrainian airliner crashed soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s state television and Ukraine’s leaders said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into flames. Ukraine’s embassy in Iran, citing preliminary information, said the plane had suffered engine failure and the crash …

In this handout photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers work on the side of a plane crash near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27: photo via AP) ALMATY: A passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday after takeoff, slamming …

Japan is the best country in the world in terms of disaster preparedness, writes Aziz Ali Dad after visiting the northeastern Oshacchi town when it was hit by a massive quake on March 11, 2011, and the ensuing tsunami