More than 160 people killed in heavy rain, floods in Pakistan


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Aug 2025

Residents gather after a road was blocked by a fallen tree amid heavy rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Amiruddin Mughal

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -More than 160 people were killed during heavy rain and flooding in northwestern Pakistan over the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday.

A helicopter on a rescue mission in the flood-hit province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crashed due to the bad weather, killing the fivecrewmembers.

(Reporting by Pakistan bureau, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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