Over 2,000 Dead in Afghanistan Following Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake
Over 2,000 people are reported to be dead after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Afghanistan on Saturday.
The densely populated area near Herat was the hardest hit.
The quake was followed by aftershocks measuring magnitude 6.3, 5.9, and 5.5, and some lesser shocks.
Rescue workers and volunteers were digging through the rubble with shovels and their hands trying to pull people from the wreckage on Sunday.
“Entire villages were flattened, bodies were trapped under collapsed houses and locals waited for help without even shovels to dig people out,” the Associated Press reports. “Living and dead, victims were trapped under rubble, their faces grey with dust.”
At least 1,300 homes were also destroyed in the natural disaster.
