Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 200 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, as scores of people remain missing.

At least 300 people have been killed from devastating monsoon floods and landslides in Pakistan and India-controlled Kashmir. Most deaths are being recorded by disaster authorities in Pakistan’s mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Most of the deaths were recorded by disaster authorities in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan. At least 74 homes have been damaged, while a rescue helicopter crashed during operations, killing its five crew.