At least 224 dead after flash floods hit India and Pakistan | World News

Flash flooding has killed at least 224 people in India and Pakistan over the last 24 hours, according to local officials.

Dozens more are missing after torrential rains struck two mountainous districts in the neighbouring countries.

Some 1,600 people have been brought to safety.

In India-controlled Kashmir, at least 60 people were killed in the remote Himalayan village of Chasoti in the Jammu and Kashmir region on Thursday.

Chasoti, around 85 miles (136km) northeast of Jammu, is the last village accessible to vehicles on the route of an annual Hindu pilgrimage to a mountainous shrine, the Machail Mata temple.

Indian rescue teams search through the debris of a flash flood in the village of Chasoti in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pic: AP
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Indian rescue teams search through the debris of a flash flood in the village of Chasoti in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pic: AP

Stranded pilgrims in the village are helped to safety. Pic: AP
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Stranded pilgrims in the village are helped to safety. Pic: AP

A woman mourns the death of her relative killed in flooding. Pic: AP
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A woman mourns the death of her relative killed in flooding. Pic: AP

More than 80 people have been reported missing, officials believe many of those were washed away in the floods.

Forecasters say more heavy rains and floods could hit the area.

Some northern parts of Pakistan and India-controlled Kashmir have been badly hit by flooding
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Some northern parts of Pakistan and India-controlled Kashmir have been badly hit by flooding

Meanwhile, in Pakistan, at least 164 people died in flash floods while rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a mountainous district hit by landslides.

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Among those killed were 78 people in Buner district in the northwestern district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a government administrator said. Authorities there have declared a state of emergency.

Flooding hits Buner district. Pic: Pakistan's Provincial Disaster Management Authority/AP
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Flooding hits Buner district. Pic: Pakistan’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority/AP

Locals attend the funeral of victims of flooding in Jibrari village, Salarzai Tehsil, in northern Pakistan. Pic: Reuters
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Locals attend the funeral of victims of flooding in Jibrari village, Salarzai Tehsil, in northern Pakistan. Pic: Reuters

Rescuers evacuated 1,300 tourists from the mountainous Mansehra district who were trapped by flash flooding and landslides in the Siran Valley on Thursday, according to Bilal Faizi, a provincial emergency service spokesman.

A helicopter carrying relief supplies to the flood-hit northwestern region of Bajaur crashed on Friday due to bad weather, killing all five people on board, including two pilots, a government statement said.

A study released this week by World Weather Attribution, a network of international scientists, found rainfall in Pakistan between 24 June to 23 July was 10% to 15% heavier because of global warming.

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