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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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