Death Toll From Flash Floods Rises To 307 In Northwest Pakistan

Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220, officials said Saturday (August 16, 2025).

Hundreds of rescue workers are still searching for survivors in Buner, a mountainous district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where torrential rains and cloudbursts triggered massive flooding on Friday (August 15), said Mohammad Suhail, a spokesman for the emergency services. Dozens of homes were swept away.

A firefighting department vehicle submerged in a floodwater following flash flooding due to heavy rains in the neighbourhood of Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, northwestern Pakistan, on August 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP