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Pakistan: 21 die trapped in vehicles after heavy snowfall in Murree
Firstpost | 08/01/2022 09:50 PM | Click to read full article
Pakistan's popular hill station Murree was declared a calamity-hit area on Saturday after at least 21 people, including nine children, froze to death in their stranded vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists to the picturesque town in Punjab province.
All the routes in Murree in Rawalpindi district were blocked after thousands of vehicles entered the city, leaving the tourists helpless on the roads.