Flash Floods Kill More Than 280 People in India and Pakistan
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The death toll from flash floods in Pakistan has risen to at least 220, officials said on Saturday, as rescuers scoured remote mountain villages for survivors
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.
Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in India’s Himalayan regions and Pakistan’s northern areas, which are prone to flash floods and landslides.