An avalanche in the Asheri Darra, Upper Dir district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has claimed at least four lives.
According to local sources, four people, including a man and his son, were killed in the avalanche on Wednesday night while cutting wood from a downed tree.
Rescue sources reported four people who went to the mountain the night before were reported missing in the morning; the locals, Rescue 1122, and police launched a search operation, and after hours one body was discovered, and three more were still possibly buried beneath the snow.
The rescue has also confirmed that the rescue operation has been delayed due to heavy snowfall and a lack of suitable heavy machinery, as the spot is a considerable distance from the main road. Therefore, rescue officials decided to rest at night and restart early in the morning because the weather was very bad.
