Pakistan struggles to help quake victims; 271 dead


September 25, 2013 at 1:12p.m.

Pakistan struggles to help quake victims; 271 dead

DALBADI, Pakistan (AP) - Rescuers struggled today to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a major earthquake in southwestern Pakistan as the death toll from the massive tremor the day before rose to at least 271. The earth moved with enough force to create a small island visible off the southern coast after the magnitude 7.7 quake struck in the remote district of Awaran in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province Tuesday.