Flash Floods Kill More Than 280 People in India and Pakistan
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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.
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).