Heavy Rain, Snow Lash Quake Zone
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From Times Wire Reports
Heavy rain and up to a foot of snow lashed earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan, grounding helicopters carrying relief supplies and deepening the misery of survivors, many of whom huddled around campfires.
Aid workers have warned that cold weather in the Himalayan foothills, where temperatures have already fallen below freezing, may claim more lives after the magnitude 7.6 quake Oct. 8 left about 87,000 dead and 3.5 million homeless.
Helicopters were expected to resume flights today.
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