Landslide In Afghanistan Kills 350

Luke 21:7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?” Luke 21:11 "There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and epidemics in many lands, and there will be terrifying things (that which strikes terror), and great miraculous signs in the heavens."

At least 350 people are dead after a landslide buried an entire village in northeast Afghanistan.

United Nations officials say that at least 300 homes were completely buried and over 2,000 people are missing in the landslide.  They anticipate the death toll to rise significantly in the next week.

Badakhshan province Governor Waliullah Adeeb said that days of heavy rain were the cause of the slide.  He said that rescuers know there are survivors under the slide but they are unable to reach them because they don’t have enough equipment or machinery.

They’ve begged people around the country to at least send shovels for rescuers to dig manually for people they believe are still alive.

The area is in a part of the heavily rugged mountains of Afghanistan where they are subjected to avalanches on a regular basis rather than landslides.

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