PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI: With flash floods, land slides causing widespread destruction and killing hundreds in the country's northern areas, primarily Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and

Residents accuse officials of not warning them to evacuate as torrential rain, cloudbursts trigger deadly flooding.

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) — Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days.

More than 160 people were killed during heavy rain and flooding in northwestern Pakistan over the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. A helicopter on a rescue mission in the flood-hit province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crashed due to the bad weather,

Hundreds of people are dead in north-west Pakistan after two days of intense rain and floods, with rescue efforts and clearing of blocked roads increased with the release of emergency funds.

The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that at least 194 people died on Friday.

Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days.