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 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An airlift of relief aid ferried on helicopters into the snowy mountains of devastated Kashmir has averted a second humanitarian disaster in the aftermath of the October earthquake that killed more than 80,000 people.
The United Nations declared Wednesday that the battle to sustain more than 3 million homeless survivors through the winter has been won, thanks to a comparatively mild winter and massive international aid.
"It was very kind weather, the number of helicopters we had at our disposal also helped and ... people didn't come down from the mountains and overburden the towns," U.N. Deputy Humanitarian Aid Coordinator Jamie McGoldrick told The Associated Press.
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