More than 200 people remain missing in one district of north-west Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon flooding and landslides, an official has said.
Flash floods have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in recent days, with most of the deaths recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
A local official in the worst-affected Buner district told the BBC that at least 209 people were still missing there, but it is feared that number could rise.
Rescue teams have buried eight unidentified bodies as there were no family members found alive to claim them, said Jehangir Khan, spokesman for the deputy commissioner office of Buner.
Some relatives are also unable to claim their relatives bodies’ as roads are severely damaged, he added.
A provincial rescue spokesman told news agency AFP that “10 to 12 entire villages” were partially buried.
Asfandyar Khattak, head of the provincial disaster management authority, said “dozens” of people were missing in Shangla district.
Nine were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir this week, while another five died in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, authorities said.
Government forecasters say heavy rainfall is expected until 21 August in the north-west, where several areas have been declared disaster zones.
Credit: bbc.com
