PAKISTAN-MURREE-HEAVY SNOW

PAKISTAN-MURREE-HEAVY SNOW

(220108) -- MURREE, Jan. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man clears a snow-covered road in north Pakistan's Murree on Jan. 8, 2022. As Pakistan is going through its first spell of heavy rainfall and snow of the new year, the country has reported more than 41 deaths with hundreds of people displaced and many houses damaged, Pakistani officials said on Saturday. Over 40 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in various incidents related to heavy downpours and extremely cold weather since Friday, Nouman-ul-Haq, an official from the National Disaster Management Authority, told Xinhua. (Str/Xinhua)

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