Pakistan's Flash Floods Over 300 Lives Lost in 24 Hours

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Pakistan's Flash Floods: Over 300 Lives Lost in 24 Hours "Devastating flash floods and landslides have claimed over 300 lives in Pakistan's northern regions, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bajaur, and Gilgit-Baltistan. Rescue operations continue amidst ongoing heavy rains. Stay informed and help spread awareness."

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00:00Flash floods kill more than 160 in Pakistan.

00:04At least 164 people have died in the last 24 hours in heavy monsoon floods and landslides

00:09in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

00:12Most of the deaths, 150, were recorded by disaster authorities in the mountainous Khyber

00:18Pakhtunkhwa in northern Pakistan.

00:20At least 30 homes were destroyed and a rescue helicopter crashed during operations, killing

00:25its 5 crew.

00:269 more people were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, while 5 died in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan

00:32region, it said.

00:34Government forecasters said heavy rainfall was expected until August 21 and there is a heavy

00:39rain alert for the northwest of the country.

00:41Several regions have been declared disaster zones.

00:44The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gadhapur, said that the M-17 helicopter

00:50crashed due to bad weather while flying to Bajur, a region bordering Afghanistan.

00:54In Bajur, a crowd amassed around an excavator trawling a mud-soaked hill, AFP photos showed.

01:01Funeral prayers began in a paddock nearby, with people grieving in front of several bodies

01:05covered by blankets.

01:07In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble

01:11on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people

01:15and washing away dozens more.

01:18Monsoon rains between June and September deliver about three-quarters of South Asia's annual rainfall.

01:23Landslides and flooding are common and then 300 people have died in this year's season.

01:29In July, Punjab, home to nearly half of Pakistan's 255 million people, recorded 73 percent more

01:35rainfall than the previous year and more deaths than in the entire previous monsoon.

01:40Scientists say that climate change has made weather events more extreme and more frequent.

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