More than 200 missing in a district, said official

More than 200 people are missing in a district in northwest Pakistan due to the flooding and devastating landslides, said a manager.

Sudden floods have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan and Kashmir administered by Pakistan in recent days, most of the deaths recorded in the mountain province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A local official in the Biner district at least affected told the BBC that at least 209 people were still missed there, but it is feared that this number will increase.

The rescue teams buried eight unidentified bodies because no family member, there was no life while living to claim them, said Jehangir Khan, spokesperson for the assistant office of Buner.

Some parents are not able to claim their parents’ bodies either because the roads are seriously damaged, he added.

A provincial rescue spokesman told the AFP news agency that “10 to 12 whole villages” were partially buried.

Asfandyar Khattak, head of the province of disaster management, said that “dozens” of people were missing in the Shangla district.

The monsoon rains between June and September offer approximately three -quarters of the annual precipitation of South Asia.

Although the landslides and the sudden floods are common, scientists say that climate change makes these weather events more intense and more frequent.

The torrential rain also struck the cashmere administered by the Indians, a few days after at least 60 people were killed by sudden floods.

Nine were killed in cashmere administered by Pakistan this week, while five others died in the northern region of the Gilgit-Baltistan, the authorities announced.

Government forecasters indicate that high precipitation is expected until August 21 in the northwest, where several areas have been declared disaster areas.

Pakistan has been counting with the devastation of this year monsoon season since June. At least 650 people have been killed so far this year.

In July, Punjab, housing almost half of the 255 million people in Pakistan, recorded 73% more precipitation than the previous year and more deaths than throughout the previous monsoon season.

Northern Pakistan is also one of the most glacial areas in the region, but these decrease and quickly withdraw due to climate change – which means that rocks, soil and other debris can be dislodged.

Monsoon rains can further destabilize the faces of the mountains, exacerbating the landslides that sometimes block rivers.

Although the exact cause of recent floods and landslides is not yet determined, glaciologists say that the melting of ice is a contributing factor.