Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is on a visit to flood-hit Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He took an aerial view of the flood situation and damages in the affected areas of Buner and Shangla. Federal Ministers Attaullah Tarar, Amir Muqam and Ahsan Iqbal are also accompanying the Prime Minister.

Sudden and intense bursts of extreme rainfall are causing devastation across mountainous parts of South Asia, triggering flash floods, deadly mudflows and huge landslides that have washed out entire neighbourhoods and turned vibrant communities into heaps of mud and rubble.

By Sunday morning, the death toll from the rains across the mountainous north of Pakistan had risen to at least 337 people, with most killed in flash floods, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. In Buner, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital Islamabad, 207 lives were lost and others are still missing.

Samaa TV team reached the affected area ahead of many government responders to offer continuous coverage of the unfolding disaster.

Across Pakistan, monsoon rains that began in late June have been heavier than usual, killing at least 645 people. Four hundred of those deaths were in the northwest alone, where narrow valleys and river-carved gorges funnel rainwater into sudden torrents.

"Everybody is scared. Children are scared. They cannot sleep," said Sahil Khan, a 24-year-old university student.

Pakistan flash floods have killed over 300 people, with Buner district worst hit after a rare cloudburst. Heavy monsoon rains forced rescue efforts to pause but relief operations have now resumed as authorities rush food,

Swabi Al-Khidmat Foundation says they had sent medicines worth Rs1m along with five doctors and 15 paramedical staff to Buner.

Gul Rasheed, 60, inspects a damaged car following a storm that caused heavy rains and flooding, in Bayshonai Kalay, Buner district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

The catastrophic flood in Buner district that caused tragic loss of over 200 lives and widespread damage to property, has also