CHOSITI, India (AP) — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 200 people and left scores others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries.

Pakistan's weather authorities on 17 August 2025, warned the people of the nation of heavier torrential rains, as the death toll from the flash floods. Nearly 650 people have died due to these rains since their beginning in June 2025.

Pakistan has received higher-than-normal monsoon rainfall this year, triggering floods and mudslides that have killed more than 540 people since June 26.