2009 Afghan avalanches

Natural disaster in Afghanistan Afghanistan 200 center Cross.svg 6 Salang Tunnel bottom 35 19 19.91 N 69 1 36.72 E Salang Tunnel in relation to Afghanistan 2009 01 16 near Kabul, Afghanistan At least 10 The 2009 Afghan avalanches occurred near Kabul, Afghanistan on 16 January 2009. At least ten people were killed and twelve vehicles and machinery used to clear the road of snow were swept away when the avalanche struck a highway.http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/afghanistan-avalanches-kill-10-14145412.html?r=RSS Afghanistan avalanches kill 10 2009-01-18 2009-01-18 The Belfast Telegraph Forty people were rescued, eleven of whom were injured by the avalanches. The avalanches struck the southern part of the Salang tunnel, the main highway linking southern and northern Afghanistan in the middle of the Hindu Kush mountains, at an altitude of 4450 m ft.https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50H0ON20090118?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews Avalanches kill at least 10 in Afghanistan: official 2009-01-18 2009-01-18 Reuters Searchers spent the next two days and beyond locating the victims.http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/asia/afghanistan-avalanches-kill-10-1606066.html Afghanistan avalanches kill 10 2009-01-18 2009-01-18 Irish Independent References 35 19 19.91 N 69 1 36.72 E title Category:2009 natural disasters Category:Transport disasters in Afghanistan Category:2009 in Afghanistan Category:History of Afghanistan (1992–present) Category:2000s avalanches Category:January 2009 in Afghanistan Category:Avalanches in Afghanistan Category:2009 disasters in Afghanistan