Flash Floods Kill More Than 280 People in India and Pakistan
Digest more
Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides. One eyewitness,
The death toll from the recent flash floods in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province has risen to 327, including more than a dozen children, in the past 48 hours, according to provincial authorities on Saturday.
The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that at least 194 people died on Friday.
Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's MI-17 helicopter had taken off from Peshawar for Bajaur when contact was lost over Mohmand tribal district, according to initial reports.
GILGIT: A fresh wave of flash floods has forced the suspension of repair work on the Karakoram Highway (KKH), leaving thousands of travelers, including both local and foreign tourists, stranded across Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).