Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Heavy monsoon floods have killed at least 194 people in the last 24 hours in flash floods and landslides in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Most of the deaths, 180, were in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan. At least 30 homes were destroyed and a rescue helicopter crashed during operations, killing its crew of five, the National Disaster Management Authority said Friday. The helicopter crashed because of bad weather while flying to Bajaur, a region bordering Afghanistan.
In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, nine more people were killed, and five died in the northern Gilit-Baltistan region.
Heavy rainfall is expected until Aug. 21 in the northwest of the country, where some areas have already been declared disaster zones, government forecasters said.
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