Boner, Pakistan (AP) – Rescuers regained dozens of bodies of more collapsed houses in the northwestern region of Pakistan, which led to the death of at least 274, as the authorities defended their response to the floods and said they did not need any foreign assistance at this stage.
The heavy rains and floods also killed dozens of people in the neighboring Kashmir.
Muhammad Suhail, a spokesman for the Emergency Service in Pakistan, said that 54 bodies were found in Boner, a mountainous area in the province of Khyber Bakhtongua, where heavy and welded rains led to huge floods on Friday.
Suhail said that the villagers are still missing, and the search efforts focus on the areas where homes were flattened through the torrents of water that swept the mountains, and carry rocks that were shattered in homes such as explosions.
The authorities have warned of more luxury and potential landslides between now and Tuesday, and urged local administrations to stay on alert. Supreme seasonal wind rain is abnormal He criticized the country since June 26 and killed more than 600.
Officials said on Sunday that the India -run Kashmir, which is located across the northeastern border in Pakistan, sparked more floods in two villages in the Cathoa region, killing seven people. Rescuers in the village of Shoiti They are still looking for dozens of missing people after the area was subjected to sudden floods last week during the annual Hindu Hajj. At least 60 people were killed, and about 150 people were injured. More than 300 others were rescued.
Warnings from the most dense rain in the future
Bonner residents accused officials of failing to warn them of evacuation after heavy rains and cloud welded in deadly floods and landslides. There was no warning from the mosque loudspeakers, which is a traditional method in remote areas.
The government said that although there was an early warning system in place, the sudden rains in Boner was so severe that the flood that struck him before alerting the population.
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Lieutenant -General Enam Haider, Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, told a press conference in Islamabad that Pakistan is suffering from changing weather patterns due to climate change.
He added that since the seasonal wind season began in June, Pakistan has already received more than 50 % of rain in the same period last year.
He warned that the weather is more intense that could be followed, as heavy rains continue this month.
Some countries have contacted Islamabad to provide assistance, but Haider said that Pakistan has sufficient resources and does not require foreign help at this time.
“There is no prediction system anywhere in the world” that could predict the time specified for the cloud location, which is sudden and intense rain.
Mohamed Iqbal, a school teacher in the village of Bir Baba, said that the lack of a timely warning system caused losses and forced many to flee their homes at the last minute.
He said: “The survivors escaped without anything.” “If people were informed earlier, it is possible to save lives and the inhabitants could move to safer places.”
IDREES MAHSUD, a disaster management official, said the early warning system in Pakistan used satellite images and meteorological data to send alerts to the local authorities. These have been shared by the media and community leaders. He said that the seasonal winds that had only had been inflated rivers now caused urban floods.
Mohamed Suhail, a spokesman for the emergency services in Boner, said that more than half of the damaged roads in the region have been reopened by Sunday, which allowed cars and heavy machines to reach parked villages.
The crews were clearing piles of rocks and clay on which the floods were thrown. They were still using heavy machines to remove the ruins of collapsed houses after families stated that some of their relatives were missing.
In one of the bloodiest accidents, 24 people from one family died in the village of Qadar Nagar when the flood waters swept their home on the eve of a wedding. The head of the family, Omar Khan, said that he survived the floods because he was outside the house at the time.
Four of his relatives have not yet been found.
Pakistan is very vulnerable to the disasters caused by the climate. In 2022, Monsoon winds to break the record Nearly 1700 people were killed and millions of houses were destroyed.
The country also suffers from regular floods and landslides during the seasonal wind season, which lasts from June to September, especially in the rugged northwest, where villages often float on very slope slopes.
Experts say Climate change increases The frequency and intensity of such harsh weather in South Asia.
Khaled Khan, a weather expert, said that Pakistan produces less than 1 % of emissions aimed at the planet, but it faces heat waves, heavy rains, icebergs and now the cloud, stressing the extent of climate change in destroyed societies within hours.
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The Associated Press Monir Ahmed’s book in Islamabad and a roundabout in Boner, Pakistan, contributed to this story, published on August 17, 2025.
And copied 2025 Canadian press