3 days of floods kill hundreds in Pakistan

Peshawar, Pakistan

The death toll from three days of flooding across Pakistan has reached at least 430.

Reporter: The Associated Press
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The death toll from three days of flooding across Pakistan has reached at least 430.

Monsoon rains have submerged villages, triggered landslides and caused rivers to burst their banks.

Pakistani TV has been showing images of people clinging to fences and other stationary items as water gushes over their heads. It's also shown helicopters winching people to safety.

Northwest Pakistan has been hardest hit. The region's information minister says the highway connecting Peshawar to the capital, Islamabad, is closed and at least 60 bridges have been destroyed. He calls it the deadliest and most destructive flooding the region has seen in more than 80 years.

The rising toll from the rains is underscoring the impoverished nation's poor infrastructure. Under-equipped rescue workers have struggled to reach people stranded in far-flung villages.

The weather forecast is mixed. Some areas are expected to see the rain ease, but others are likely in for more.

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