Dozens Dead In Pakistan Floods After Heavy Rain

Dramatic images show the collapse of a bridge and desperate survivors attempting to use another as heavy rain batters the country.

Video: Flooding Causes Bridge To CollapseDozens of people have been killed in flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Pakistan.Thousands of survivors have either been left homeless or stranded, including some cut off by a landslide in a mountain valley.
Dramatic footage has emerged showing the partial collapse of a bridge connecting the villages of Toormang and Shalfalam over the Panjkora River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.Images also show scores of desperate residents attempting to cross a huge flooded bridge on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Yousuf Zia, a disaster management official in the province, said tents and blankets were being distributed to the homeless following the destruction of nearly 150 homes.

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   A Pakistani vendor tries to salvage materials after floodwater destroyed his shop following heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar
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"There are 30 people stranded by a landslide in the Kohistan Valley where we have sent a helicopter to rescue them," he said.

Some of the worst affected areas include Pakhtunkhwa, the Swat Valley situated northwest of the capital, Islamabad, and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.