The death toll from last week’s earthquake in South Asia has now passed 53,000. Bad weather continues to hamper the relief effort. The Associated Press reports Pakistani officials are warning cold and wet conditions could cause further deaths among the 2 million or so left homeless by the quake. Pakistan’s relief commissioner Maj. Gen. Farooq Ahmed Khan said: “Some people fear that the death toll could be 100,000 and they may be right.’’