Death Toll in Pakistan Quake Up to 54,000

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Death Toll in Pakistan Quake Up to 54,000
Yahoo! News ^ | 10/16/2005 | AP


BAGH, Pakistan - Torrential rains disrupted rescue operations in the Himalayan region of Kashmir on Sunday as Pakistani officials sharply raised their estimate of the death toll from last weekend's mammoth earthquake to more than 54,000. The head of relief operations warned that the cold and wet were likely to cause deaths among the estimated 2 million left homeless by the disaster.