Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 400 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, with scores of people still missing.
In northwestern Pakistan, at least 321 people were killed in the space of 48 hours, local authorities reported Saturday, with more than ten villages in the Buner region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province devastated by flash flooding.
Washed out roads and landslides have prevented emergency workers from accessing the affected communities in Buner, where dozens more people are feared to be buried under rubble, according to Bilal Faizi, a spokesperson for the emergency response agency Rescue 122.
π΅π° Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash #floods triggered by heavy #monsoon rains across northern #Pakistan killed at least 320 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said on Saturday.
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Another cloudburst in India – at least 46 dead and over 100 missing in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir. The Indian side of Himalayas has become a death trap due to climate change & increasing religious tourism. pic.twitter.com/GrgxmHtOkh
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