PHOTOS: Massive landslide buries village in Afghanistan
May 2, 2014
A mud field (C) is pictured at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529441572 )
A piece of footwear is pictured as rescuers search for survivors trapped under the mud in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442113 )
An Afghan villager cries as she sits on top of a mud field at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442426 )
Afghan villagers look on at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442031 )
Afghan rescuers search for survivors trapped under the mud in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442405 )
Afghan villagers walk past at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 300 people under a fast-moving tide of rock and mud. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529448087 )
Afghan people stand near their tents at the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan on May 3, 2014. Landslides buried a village in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead, as rescuers searched desperately for survivors trapped under the mud. Villagers at the disaster site in Badakhshan province used shovels to dig through rocks and dirt, with national authorities, the United Nations and the US-led military force all racing to assess the damage and provide help. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529451457 )
Afghan villagers look on at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442033 )
Afghan villagers sit near relief tents at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 300 people under a fast-moving tide of rock and mud. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529448091 )
Afghan villagers look on at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 300 people under a fast-moving tide of rock and mud. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529448085 )
Afghan rescuers search desperately for survivors trapped under the mud in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529441030 )
Afghan villagers react at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442428 )
People walk on a street of Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2014. Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels rushed on Saturday to help villagers hit by a massive landslide in the remote northeast a day earlier, officials said, while fears of a new torrent of mud and earth complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Sayed Ibrahim) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Landslide )
Afghan villagers pray at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529440860 )
Afghan villagers look on as rescuers search desperately for survivors trapped under the mud in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529441117 )
Afghan villagers look on at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 300 people under a fast-moving tide of rock and mud. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529448066 )
An Afghan villager erects a relief tent in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 300 people under a fast-moving tide of rock and mud. Officials said that the final death toll could rise as high as 500 after Friday's disaster, updating earlier information that 2,500 people were feared dead. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529448245 )
Afghan villagers look out of their tent at the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan on May 3, 2014. Landslides buried a village in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead, as rescuers searched desperately for survivors trapped under the mud. Villagers at the disaster site in Badakhshan province used shovels to dig through rocks and dirt, with national authorities, the United Nations and the US-led military force all racing to assess the damage and provide help. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529451639 )
Afghan rescuers go through items as they search for survivors trapped under the mud in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529442418 )
In this Friday, May 2, 2014 photo provided by Homayoon Rahmani, chief of road reconstruction program in the Afghan Rural and Rehabilitation Development Ministry, Afghans search for survivors buried after a massive landslide in a village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels rushed on Saturday to help villagers hit by a massive landslide in the remote northeast a day earlier, officials said, while fears of a new torrent of mud and earth complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Homayoon Rahmani) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
An Afghan villager walks on top of a mud field at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province on May 3, 2014 after a massive landslide May 2 buried a village. Rescuers searched in vain for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried an Afghan village, killing 350 people and leaving thousands of others feared dead amid warnings that more earth could sweep down the hillside. Local people made desperate efforts to find victims trapped under a massive river of mud that engulfed Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province, where little sign remained of hundreds of destroyed homes. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529441268 )
Afghans search for survivors buried after Friday's landslide in Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2014. Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels rushed on Saturday to help villagers hit by a massive landslide in the remote northeast a day earlier, officials said, while fears of a new torrent of mud and earth complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Sayed Ibrahim) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this Friday, May 2, 2014 photo provided by Homayoon Rahmani, chief of road reconstruction program in the Afghan Rural and Rehabilitation Development Ministry, Afghans search for survivors buried after a massive landslide in a village in Badakshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels rushed on Saturday to help villagers hit by a massive landslide in the remote northeast a day earlier, officials said, while fears of a new torrent of mud and earth complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Homayoon Rahmani) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this photo provided by Homayoon Rahmani, the chief of road reconstruction program in the Afghan Rural and Rehabilitation Development Ministry, Afghans search for survivors after a massive landslide landslide buried a village Friday, May 2, 2014 in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, which Afghan and U.N. officials say left hundreds of dead and missing missing.(AP Photo/Homayoon Rahmani) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this photo provided by Homayoon Rahmani, the chief of road reconstruction program in the Afghan Rural and Rehabilitation Development Ministry,Afghans search for survivors after a massive landslide landslide buried a village Friday, May 2, 2014 in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, which Afghan and U.N. officials say left hundreds of dead and missing missing.(AP Photo/Homayoon Rahmani) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this photo provided by Homayoon Rahmani, the chief of road reconstruction program in the Afghan Rural and Rehabilitation Development Ministry, Afghans search for survivors after a massive landslide landslide buried a village Friday, May 2, 2014 in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, which Afghan and U.N. officials say left hundreds of dead and missing missing.(AP Photo/Homayoon Rahmani) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
Afghan landslide-affected villagers gather near tents during aid distribution in Aab Bareek village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529498051 )
Afghan villagers gather dig through the mud and rocks of a landslide in Aab Bareek village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529498032 )
Afghan farmers ploughs farming land in an aerial view of the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, Survivors sit with their possessions near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan Landslide Photo Essay )
Afghan villagers dig through the mud and rocks of a landslide in Aab Bareek village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529498170 )
Afghan villagers dig through the mud and rocks of a landslide in Aab Bareek village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529498152 )
Afghan landslide-affected villagers gather near tents during aid distribution in Aab Bareek village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529498163 )
Afghan landslide-affected villagers gather near tents during aid distribution in Aab Bareek village at Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. Afghan officials said they plan to build new houses for hundreds of families made homeless by a landslide that entombed a northeastern village and killed at least 300 people. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 529497863 )
Afghan villagers search through dirt at the scene in the landslide-hit Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 529494231 )
Afghan villagers search through debris at the scene in the landslide-hit Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 529493845 )
Afghan villagers walk at the scene in the landslide-hit Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan. At least 300 were killed, and officials warned the death toll could rise by hundreds more. A total of 700 families were left homeless in the mountains. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai /AFP/Getty Images ( 529493834 )
A general scene of the massive landslide is pictured as villagers look on at Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. Rescue teams abandoned the search for survivors May 3 after a landslide buried a hillside village in northern Afghanistan. At least 300 were killed, and officials warned the death toll could rise by hundreds more. A total of 700 families were left homeless in the mountains. AFP PHOTO/SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 529493682 )
In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, an Afghan child protects himself from the rain, near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan Landslide Photo Essay )
Survivors wait to receive donations near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 4, 2014. As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, Survivors wait to receive donations near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. Stranded and with no homes, many of the families have struggled to get aid. Some have gone to nearby villages to stay with relatives or friends. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan Landslide Photo Essay )
An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Landslide )
An aerial view shows people walking near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
An aerial view shows Afghans walking near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, Survivors walk near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan Landslide Photo Essay )
An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Landslide )
Survivors walk near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Landslide )
An orphaned young Afghan villager, who lost his family in the landslide, lies in the dirt as he grieves at the scene in Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO/FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 529494226 )
An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed in a horrific landslide and authorities are trying to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. The families left their homes due to the threat of more landslides, Minister for Rural Rehabilitation Wais Ahmad Barmak said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Landslide )
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