Pakistani officials say they are expanding rescue and relief operations after flash floods killed more than 220 people in a single northwest district and destroyed homes, roads, and businesses.

Rescue workers in north-western Pakistan expanded relief operations on Sunday after flash floods killed more than 220 people in a single district, officials said. Buner, a mountainous district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was struck by cloudbursts and torrential monsoon downpours on Friday, triggering flash floods and landslides.

As many as 321 people have been killed in north-west Pakistan as heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides in the region, the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said. The majority of the deaths,