Prolonged heavy rains have also damaged electricity and telephone poles, and many roads have become impassable.
We try to do what we can for people, try to fix damaged electricity or water networks, distribute aid to vulnerable people and other things.
This problem became much worse when heavy snow and ice over the past two weeks damaged electricity grids and cut power supplies to the rail networks in central China that carry the bulk of coal to power stations.
Damage was also reported on Grenada, where two bridges were damaged, electricity and telephone service was disrupted, and crops were affected as well.
Explanations at the time included: cold or exhaustion causing reflex spinal cord damage; electricity cause by friction on compression; or organ congestion; and vascular stasis caused by decompression.
However, medical emergency services, especially surgical operations and referral systems, were not always available during storm and flood seasons due to building damage, electricity outages, or inadequate professional staff.
The cause is the same – a downpour that damaged the electricity grid – but the response is completely different.
"We are facing difficulty in the relief operation because the blast also damaged an electricity transformer in the area," Mr. Shah said.
There was no immediate word on a possible cause for the crash, but conditions are said to have been very foggy and the aircraft had damaged an electricity pylon before hitting the ground.
Those engineers also pointed out that as repaired sections of line were charged with electricity, damaging them can be much more hazardous to saboteurs.
