Over 340 dead in flash floods


Doomsday monsoon: People gathering near a damaged vehicle and scattered debris after the road washed out following a flash flood in Mingora, the main city of Swat Valley, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. — AFP

Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said.

The majority of deaths, 328, were reported in mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provin­ce, the Provincial Disaster Mana­gement Authority said.

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