Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan have killed at least 55 people and rescuers were trying to help thousands of survivors including some cut off by a landslide in a mountain valley, officials said.
The weather system that brought the unusually heavy rain was expected to move northeast, towards northern India, although more isolated storms were expected in northern Pakistan, according to the Meteorological Department.
One disaster management official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said nearly 150 homes had been destroyed and tents and blankets were being distributed to the homeless.
He said: "There are 30 people stranded by a landslide in the Kohistan Valley where we have sent a helicopter to rescue them."
He also said 47 people were killed and 37 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Meanwhile officials in the Pakistani-administered Kashmir said eight people were killed there.
Landslides caused widespread damage to roads and communication infrastructure in the Pakistani side of Kashmir,they said.
One of the worst-affected districts was the Swat Valley,northwest of the capital, Islamabad, where 121mm of rain fell on Sunday, the Meteorological Department said.
