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At least 35 people are dead and 30 others are missing after an avalanche buried an entire village in north-west Pakistan.
The avalanche hit a remote village in Kohistan district, about 200km (124 miles) north of Islamabad.
The regional police chief said roads had been blocked by landslides and several feet of snow.
"Rescue workers are facing a lot of problems," a local police official was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
"We fear that some women and children were also trapped," Mohammad Sadiq told AFP.
Increased risk
Avalanches are common in the mountains of Pakistan.
The village of Bagaro Serai in the Kandia Valley is so remote that it took hours for news to get out, the BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad says.
Rescuers are trying to find survivors, but conditions are poor. Currently the area can be reached only by helicopter, our correspondent adds.
Heavy snow over the past two weeks has meant an increased risk of avalanches across northern Pakistan.
On Monday, a mass of snow killed seven people about 150km from Bagaro Serai, local police said.
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