Flash Floods Kill More Than 280 People in India and Pakistan
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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.
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.
More than 3 million people were told to remain on alert for flash floods as torrential rainfall moved through.
One month after the Texas floods, some survivors are pleading for help they say still hasn’t arrived. Others are emerging from the nightmare with the support of a community rallying to clean up the devastation on their own.
To answer the second part of the question, judging by the records we have, floods are more common today, but the reasons for that are two-fold. On the one hand, you have the typical meteorology answer: As we're getting into a warmer climate, the raindrops are bigger, it's more humid and it's, therefore, a little easier to flood.
Pakistan: Flash floods primarily affect Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with rescue operations hampered by landslides and damaged infrastructure.
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Pakistan floods kill 220 as rescuers pull more bodies from landslides in northwest district
Pakistani officials say 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
India welcomed the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska as a step toward ending the Ukraine war, even as the talks concluded without a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Northern Pakistan has been devastated by flash floods that killed at least 344 people in 48 hours,