Pakistan Resumes Rescue Operations in Flood-Hit Areas
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Officials say flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing.
Rescuers are searching for over 150 people in northwestern Pakistan reported missing after floods caused by heavy rainfall. By Monday, the death toll from flooding in the mountainous district of
Across the wider province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 314 people have been killed and 156 injured due to rains and flash floods that began between Thursday and Friday night. Buner district, where Bishnoi is located, is the worst-affected, with 217 fatalities, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
Officials in Pakistan say flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 49 people in the northwest and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours.
A sudden flash flood, triggered by heavy rain, swept through northwest Pakistan, wreaking havoc across towns and villages and claiming over 300 lives in just 24 hours, including five crew members of a rescue helicopter.
Rescuers in northwest Pakistan have pulled 63 more bodies from homes devastated by flash floods and landslides