Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2015 shows a digger cleaning up the snow on a road close to the avalanches site in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan. The death toll has risen to more than 250 while a number of others remain missing after avalanches struck parts of Afghanistan over the past couple of days, an official source said on Saturday.

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2015 shows a digger cleaning up the snow on a road close to the avalanches site in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan. 

Injured victims of an avalanche receive medical treatment at a hospital in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2015. 

An Afghan army helicopter delivers aid to the victims of avalanches close to the avalanches site in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2015. 

An Afghan man walks in the heavy snow close to the avalanches site in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2015.

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2015 shows houses covered by the heavy snow close to the avalanches site in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan.