Monsoon rains kill 200 in northern Pakistan

Islamabad: The death toll in seasonal floods in northern Pakistan has risen to 200, amid expectations of increased human and material losses in the af...

Islamabad: The death toll in seasonal floods in northern Pakistan has risen to 200, amid expectations of increased human and material losses in the affected areas.

The Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDM) said in a statement on Friday that heavy monsoon rains in the north of the country caused landslides and floods, killing 194 people in the past 24 hours.

The majority of the deaths were recorded in the mountainous province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 180 people died due to these climatic fluctuations.

The PDM noted that nine people were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, while five were killed in Gilgit-Baltistan. Most of the deaths were caused by floods and house collapses.

It also reported that five people, including two pilots, were killed in a rescue helicopter crash while en route to the affected areas.