Residents gather at the site of a damaged bridge following a storm that caused heavy rains and flooding on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on 15 August 2025.;
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(Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan has crossed 300, local officials said on Saturday 16 August 2025.
Hundreds have been killed in recent weeks as Pakistan experienced more rain than usual during the current monsoon season, washing away roads and buildings.
Cloud bursts, flash floods, lightning strikes and building collapses amid heavy rain caused fatalities in the hills and mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local officials in northwest Pakistan said.
Worst hit was the Buner area, where floods and heavy rain caused 100 deaths, the provincial Chief Secretary, Shahab Ali Shah, told Reuters.
A helicopter carrying relief supplies to those hit by flooding in Bajaur, close to the Afghan border, crashed due to the bad weather, killing the five crew members.
