Quake death toll above 79,000

October 20, 2005 - 2:18PM

The death toll in South Asia's mammoth earthquake stood at more than 79,000 today after more bodies were discovered in Pakistan, making it one of the deadliest quakes of the past century.

Homeless villagers were spared any major nerve-racking aftershocks early today such as those that unleashed landslides in mountainous Kashmir last night.

The Turkish Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, headed to Pakistan to tour the devastated region, meet the country's leaders and hand over aid.

The 7.6-magnitude quake that struck on October 8 continues to claim lives in remote villages as people without access to proper medical care succumb to their wounds, many of them infected and untreated since the quake.

Many injured must rely on relatives to carry them for hours on foot to makeshift clinics. >>>close

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