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Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings, bringing the death toll there to at least 20,
A changing climate has made residents of northern Pakistan's river-carved mountainous areas more vulnerable to sudden, heavy rains.View on euronews
With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.
Across Pakistan, monsoon rains that began in late June have been heavier than usual, killing at least 645 people. Four hundred of those deaths were in the northwest alone, where narrow valleys and river-carved gorges funnel rainwater into sudden torrents.
Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the country’s north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar
BUNER, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say recent rain-related incidents have killed at least 220 people in a northwest district. Rescuers pulled out 63 more bodies overnight Friday from homes in Buner devastated by flash floods and landslides.
MUZAFFARABAD: At least ten people, including women and children, were killed as heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides in Gilgit-Baltistan and parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir