Over <span about="#mwt383" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"2"},"2":{"wt":"miles"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAbM" typeof="mw:Transclusion">2 miles (3.2</span><span about="#mwt383" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt383">km)</span> of road are buried after a storm in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Kush" id="mwAbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a> mountains of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mwAbU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> triggers a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Salang_avalanches" id="mwAbY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2010 Salang avalanches">series of avalanches</a>, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.<sup about="#mwt387" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-75"}}' id="cite_ref-75" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-75" id="mwAbc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 75;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbg">[75]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt391" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-76"}}' id="cite_ref-76" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-76" id="mwAbk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 76;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbo">[76]</span></a></sup>
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