A resident removes sludge from his damaged house a day after flash floods in the Buner district of the monsoon-hit northern Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Hasham Ahmed/AFP via Getty ImagesMore than 300 people have died in northwest Pakistan after two days of heavy rains and flash floods, local officials said on Saturday. The deluge hit the remote mountainous northern part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, with cloud bursts, flash floods, lightning strikes and landslides in the deadliest downpour of this year’s monsoon season. Vehicles trapped in mud in the aftermath of flash floods in Swat, Pakistan on Saturday. Residents walk alongside a stream a day after flash floods in the Buner district of monsoon-hit northern Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.

Source: The Irish Times August 16, 2025 18:47 UTC