PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing. Rescuers on Friday had brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries. Flooding began on Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir and spread to the north and northwest in neighboring Pakistan. Powerful cloudbursts triggered the flooding and subsequent landslides that injured dozens of people and forced the evacuation and rescue of thousands of others, particularly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
By Channi Anand and Riaz Khan, Associated Press
Banner image: Buildings damaged by Thursday’s flash floods are seen in Chositi village, Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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