Flash floods kill more than 280 people in India and Pakistan
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Pakistan is expected to face increased rainfall this month, raising the risk of further flooding and landslides, according to government officials.
At least 243 people died over the span of 24 hours in India and Pakistan as torrential downpours caused widespread flash flooding and landslides, according to the Associated Press. "The death toll may rise, as we are still looking for dozens of missing people," an official told the AP.
Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in India’s Himalayan regions and Pakistan’s northern areas, which are prone to flash floods and landslides.
Pakistan is reeling from catastrophic monsoon floods that have killed at least 321 people in just 48 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority confirmed on Saturday. Most of the victims—307—were in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,
Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing for years.The water cycle has been sharply impacted,
Four people were killed and six injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, with rescue operations ongoing.
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Over 340 people were killed after heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan in the span of two days