Aziz Ahmed, a local schoolteacher in Buner, northwestern Pakistan said the thunder accompanying recent torrential rains was so loud he thought the "end of the world had come."

Residents accuse officials of not warning them to evacuate as torrential rain, cloudbursts trigger deadly flooding.

By Sunday morning, the death toll from the rains across the mountainous north of Pakistan had risen to at least 337 people, with most killed in flash floods, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. In Buner, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital Islamabad, 207 lives were lost and others are still missing.

PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI: With flash floods, land slides causing widespread destruction and killing hundreds in the country's northern areas, primarily Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) — Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days.

Hundreds of people are dead in north-west Pakistan after two days of intense rain and floods, with rescue efforts and clearing of blocked roads increased with the release of emergency funds.

The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that at least 194 people died on Friday.