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Earthquake in Pakistan creates island as it destroys mud-built homes

september 25, 2013by 0

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Pakistani rescuers yesterday struggled to reach victims of a big earthquake that killed at least 327 people and toppled thousands of mud-built homes when it hit the country’s southwest with enough force to create a new island. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday afternoon in Baluchistan province’s Awaran district, a dirt-poor expanse of land roughly the size of Wales. Awaran deputy commissioner Rasheed Gogazai said 285 bodies had been recovered in the district, with a further 42 found in the neighbouring Kech district. The toll is expected to rise as rescue teams reach more villages in the remote area, which has been shaken by more than a dozen aftershocks. The…

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