In Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, severe monsoon floods and landslides have claimed the lives of at least 194 people in the past 24 hours.
The majority of the deaths, 180, were reported by disaster officials in the northwest Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is hilly. During operations, a rescue chopper crashed, killing five of its crew members, and at least 30 residences were destroyed.
According to the report, five persons perished in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region and nine more were murdered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
According to government forecasters, the country's northwest, where many regions have been designated disaster zones, will get significant rainfall until August 21.
One victim in Buner told AFP that the floodwaters came like "doomsday" there.
"As though the mountain were sliding, I heard a huge noise. When I hurried outside, I noticed that everyone was trembling as if the world were ending," Azizullah stated.
"The ground was trembling due to the force of the water, and it felt like death was staring me in the face."
While traveling to Bajaur, a district that borders Afghanistan, the M-17 helicopter crashed owing to terrible weather, according to Ali Amin Gadapur, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to AFP images, a crowd gathered around an excavator that was scouring a muddy slope near Bajaur. In a nearby pasture, funeral prayers got underway as mourners stood in front of multiple blanket-covered remains.
Rescuers removed remains from mud and debris in the Indian-administered region of Kashmir on Friday after a flood swept through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and displacing scores more.
The monsoon season, which lasts from June to September, provides around three-quarters of South Asia's yearly precipitation. Flooding and landslides are frequent, and this year's season has claimed over 300 lives.
Punjab, which is home to almost half of Pakistan's 255 million people, saw more fatalities in July than during the entire previous monsoon and 73% more rainfall than the previous year.
Climate warming, according to scientists, has increased the frequency and severity of weather disasters.
