The severe winter weather left at least 30 people dead in Pakistan, including 14 in the past 24 hours in southwestern Baluchistan province, according to provincial disaster management chief Imran Zarkon. Most of the deaths occurred when roofs collapsed under heavy snowfall.
Authorities struggled to clear and reopen highways and evacuate those affected to safer locations.
Eleven people were killed in heavy rains that slammed Pakistan's eastern Punjab province. Five more died in the Pakistani-administered part of Kashmir, officials with the state-run emergency service said. The divided Himalayan region experienced heavy snowfall and power outages, and emergency services said there were difficulties getting food and other items to hard-hit areas.
In Afghanistan, harsh weather conditions led to the deaths of at least 24 people, according to the ministry for disaster management.
The ministry's spokesman, Ahmad Tameem Azimi, added that flash floods destroyed 131 residential houses located mostly in the country's south, west and northern provinces.
Hasibullah Shaikhani, a press officer with the disaster management ministry, said most highways in Afghanistan were closed due to heavy snowfall and fears of avalanches.
Residents of the Afghan capital, Kabul, where temperatures dropped to 5 degrees Fahrenheit, abandoned driving and struggled to get to work on snow-covered roads.
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