PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI: With flash floods, land slides causing widespread destruction and killing hundreds in the country's northern areas, primarily Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and

At least 340 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan. Reports suggest that the mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been the most affected.

Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 400 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, with scores of people still missing.

The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan has crossed 300, local officials said on Saturday. Hundreds have been killed in recent weeks as Pakistan experienced more rain than usual during the current monsoon season,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's MI-17 helicopter had taken off from Peshawar for Bajaur when contact was lost over Mohmand tribal district, according to initial reports.