阿富汗山体滑坡英文报道
阿富汗特大山体滑坡可能造成2500多人死亡，阿富汗救援人员已经放弃了寻找生还者的希望。国际救援组织已经开始运送帐篷、食物、药品支援阿富汗。
Rescuers in Afghanistan have given up hope of finding any more survivors, in a double landslide that is feared to have killed more than 2,500 people in the northeast province of Badakhshan.
Afghan villagers effected from landslide receive medical treatment at a camp
set up by Red Crescent in Argu village, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, 03 May 2014.
International aid organizations began sending food, tents and medical supplies to displaced villagers in the remote village of Hobo Barikthe. The landslide buried about 370 homes, which officials say housed in total some 2,500 people.
The United Nations says at least 350 bodies have been recovered so far. The twin landslides occurred on Friday, following heavy rains earlier in the week. When people rushed to help victims trapped in the first landslide, a second, bigger landslide came down, burying the rescuers and more houses. Richard Danziger, Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration, says the landslide is amongst the worst natural disasters to hit Afghanistan.
"This is the most tragic natural disaster to hit Afghanistan in quite sometime. In fact, the last two weeks have been particularly bad and there’s been considerable loss of life from flooding or from landslides from the rain, and I think what is important, is not just to be able to provide this immediate response, but we in the International Organisation for Migration are very much focusing on helping villages prevent these disasters in the first place." Danziger said.
