World Aug 17 Pakistan defends flood response after more than 270 people killed in northwestern district Rescuers recovered dozens more bodies from the rubble of collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended their response to the flooding and said they did not need any…
World Aug 16 Pakistan’s monsoon flooding death toll rises to 220 with more rain in the forecast Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days.