PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Anguished Pakistanis searched remote areas for bodies swept away by weekend flash floods as the death toll reached 277 on Monday, while one official replied to the lack of evacuation warnings by saying people should have built homes elsewhere. A changing climate has made residents of northern Pakistan’s river-carved mountainous areas more vulnerable to sudden, heavy rains. More than 150 people were still missing in the district of Buner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after Friday’s flash floods.

Rescue workers search for survivors in Buner after deadly floods in Pakistan, highlighting climate change impact.

DIR, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The death toll from torrential rains and floods in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has risen to 307, the KP Provincial Disaster…