ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan have left 36 dead and affected more than 250,000 people, disaster management officials said, with swollen rivers and water channels damaging hundreds of villages.
Severe weather has caused havoc in the north and south of the country, sweeping away dozens of roads and bridges in Chitral district in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province while floods have inundated villages in south Punjab, according to government authorities.
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