Pakistani authorities on Sunday defended their response to flash floods that killed more than 200 people in a single northwestern district last week. Residents in Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, accused officials of failing to warn them to evacuate after torrential rain and cloudbursts triggered deadly flooding and

Most of the deaths were recorded by disaster authorities in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan. At least 74 homes have been damaged, while a rescue helicopter crashed during operations, killing its five crew.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -More than 300 people are dead in northwest Pakistan after two days of heavy rains and flash floods, local officials said on Saturday.