111 dead in Pak avalanches; girl buried in snow found alive after 18 hours

Total number of deaths in snow-hit areas across Pakistan and PoK over the past couple of days was now 111

Even as the death toll in the massive avalanches and snow-related incidents in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir rose to 111, a 12-year-old girl was found alive by rescue officials on Wednesday after being buried under snow for 18 hours in PoK. Samina Bibi recalled screaming and shouting for help as she lay trapped in a room under the snow, according to Al Jazeera.

"I thought I would die there," she said from a hospital bed in Muzaffarabad, where dozens of injured, including her, were receiving treatment after being airlifted out of the avalanche area.

Meanwhile, Samina's mother, Shahnaz Bibi, who lost a