Pakistan: 22 Stranded Tourists Freeze To Death After Heavy Snowfall
Lahore: In Pakistan, 22 people, including 10 children, froze to death in their vehicles after heavy snowfall at the popular hill station Murree in Punjab province. The heavy snowfall overnight deteriorated the traffic jam situation leading to blockages of all the routes in Murree.
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Some 1,000 vehicles are still stranded in Murree, 40 miles north-east of the capital Islamabad.
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Government has declared Murree as a calamity-hit area after heavy snowfall wreaked havoc in the city.
All the routes in Murree in Rawalpindi district were blocked after thousands of vehicles entered the city, leaving the tourists helpless on the roads.