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Islamabad: The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, the country’s disaster authority said Saturday. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 344 people in northern Pakistan in the past 48 hours, officials said on Saturday.
According to France24.com, the majority of deaths, 328, were reported in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said.
The meteorological department has issued a heavy rain alert for Pakistan’s northwest for the next few hours, urging people to take “precautionary measures”.