The death toll in floods caused by heavy monsoon showers lashing Pakistan has risen to 325 local officials told media on Friday.
The heavy showers also wreaked havoc causing death and destruction in neighboring Afghanistan where some 60 people lost their lives.
It was Pakistan's north-west which was the worst hit in the driving rain and local officials said the floods are the worst experienced there in over 80 years.
Several of the rivers are now running in spate and the swirling currents have washed away bridges, roads and whole villages. Authorities have cut off power lines in several places to prevent electrocutions.
The natural calamity has led to the displacement of tens of thousands of people and several others have been killed in landslides or crushed by collapsed structures.
The flooding has also highlighted the country's poor infrastructure which has hampered relief and rescue work with rescuers struggling to reach the affected areas.
According to Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the Information Minister for the North-West, the flooding was the worst since 1929 which claimed 408 lives.
Prime Minister of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) Sardar Attique Khan told reporters in Muzzaffarabad that at least 22 people were known to have died in the floods.
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