ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Na wah, this one no be small matter. Last Sunday night, one earthquake wey get 6.0 magnitude shake eastern Afghanistan like say dem wan make dem dance zanku. As e stand, the death toll don hit over 1,411 people, and more than 3,124 folks don waka go hospital, as dem dey injured from the quake, according to wahala report from government spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid.
As rescue team dey hustle to check wetin dey happen for areas wey the quake don touch, another one wey get 5.2 magnitude follow am on Tuesday. E no fit make am easy as e come land about 20 miles northeast of Jalalabad, wey be one big city for Afghanistan.
Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson don yarn say, “Rescue operations dey happen everywhere wey the earthquake touch.” Dem don even airlift commandos wey go help carry people wey dey under the rubbles. Na serious gobe be this. Imagine say you dey sleep well, then tremor come scatter your whole house!
The epicenter of this shaking gangan na about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, and officials talk say most of the deaths dey come from Kunar Province. Meanwhile, Nangarhar Province also collect small wahala. Some people even gather say close to 8,000 houses don scatter thanks to Sunday’s big shake!
This area dey get earthquake wahala frequent because dey dey dey join the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates fit dey cause all this shaking wey dey make the ground dey do jiggly. According to USGS, since 1950, 71 earthquakes wey dey above 6.0 magnitude don happen for inside 250 km of the recent one. Na serious shaking wey dey happen, I swear!
The World Health Organization report show say about 12,000 people don directly feel the impact of this earthquake. The hardest hit areas include Chawkay, Nurgal, Chapa Dara, Dara-e-Pech, and Watapur. Na places wey dem really need help fast-fast! Richard Bennett, wey be UN special rapporteur, don send him condolences to the families wey dey mourn.
Meanwhile, after all this wahala, the focus now na how to rescue survivors wey dey trapped. Helicopters don enter the scene to carry people from remote villages, but wetin happen? The terrain dey rough, so e no easy. Those wey manage to survive don dey drink river water as help dey slow to reach dem.
Save the Children don dispatch medical teams to treat people, but dem dey fear say if help no reach soon, many children go suffer serious health wahala. This one na time wey we need quick intervention no be small. UK, India, and other countries don begin to send aid as the Taliban government don plea for international support. Na only Russia get dem backing for now, but e no go fit carry everything alone!
As we dey watch the situation unfold, one survivor named Bas Marjana share her experience say “We were all in deep, peaceful sleep when… a sudden tremor struck, and the world turned upside down.” Na so e be! More than ever, the clock dey tick, and lives dey hang in the balance. Let’s keep our fingers crossed as dem dey work for rescue operations.
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