Buner, Pakistan — Pakistan issued a flood alert Wednesday for some southern districts, warning of torrential rains, as rescue teams continued searching for missing people in the country's northwest, where severe floods killed hundreds over the past week.

Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people.

King Charles has shared an emotional message following the devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, August 20, His Majesty expressed

Pakistan has restored 70 percent of electricity service and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people, officials say. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.

Officials say rescuers have 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 foreign help at this point.

A deluge of rain triggered floods and landslides, sweeping people away and flooding and destroying homes, officials said.

MUZAFFARABAD: At least ten people, including women and children, were killed as heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides in Gilgit-Baltistan and parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

A provincial emergency service spokesperson says a massive cloudburst triggered flash floods in northwestern Pakistan and has killed at least 157 people, including women and children.