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Avalanches caused by heavy snow have killed at least 124 people in northeastern Afghanistan, the NYT reported. According to local officials the death toll is expected to rise.
Large parts of Afghanistan have been covered in snow as a major storm interrupted an otherwise mild and dry winter.
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The report comes as rescuers clawed through debris with their hands to try to save those who are buried under the snow
The avalanches buried homes across four northeast provinces
While deadly avalanches are common in Afghanistan's high mountainous areas in winter, it's the worst in last 30 years
According to officials, so far 31 bodies had been recovered by locals and government workers digging by hand
Afghan clean snow from their rooftops in a village close to an avalanche site in Panjshir province north of Kabul
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