Relatives collect bodies from morgue in Buner as flooding death toll hits 337

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Relatives gathered outside a morgue in Buner on Sunday (Aug 17) to receive the bodies of the victims of deadly flooding in northwestern Pakistan.  The death toll from the rains across the mountainous north of Pakistan had risen to at least 337 people on Sunday, with most killed in flash floods.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Relatives gathered outside a morgue in Buna on Sunday to receive the bodies of the victims of

00:11deadly flooding in northwestern Pakistan. The death toll from the rains across the mountainous

00:16north of Pakistan had risen to at least 337 people on Sunday, with most killed in flash floods.

00:30The children of their families were almost 39 people who were in the hospital.

00:39There were 25 people who were killed and there were 3 or 4 deaths in hospitals.

00:49The child who had been pregnant was our cousin's child.

00:53We received the birth of their death and took them to the hospital.

00:58In Buna, 207 lives were lost, and others are still missing.

01:03Officials said that Buna was hit by a cloudburst, where there was more than 150mm of rain within

01:09an hour on Friday morning.

01:12More heavy rain was expected across Pakistan until early September.

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