Bryan Pearson
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/ 11 October 2005

Rainstorms add to misery in Pakistan

Huddling under bits of plastic, survivors in quake-hit Muzaffarabad faced fresh heartbreak on Tuesday as torrential rain halted aid efforts hours after they got into gear. Helicopters were forced to stop their mercy flights bringing aid to the Pakistani Kashmir capital and evacuating the worst of the injured from Saturday’s earthquake to hospitals in Islamabad.