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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings, bringing the death toll there to at least 20, the local district commissioner said.
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Al Jazeera on MSNPakistan restores electricity, reopens roads after floods kill hundreds
Pakistan has restored 70 percent of electricity service and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people, officials say. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.
More than 200 fatalities were reported in the Buner district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The fatalities include 28 women and 21 children, the province's Provincial Disaster Management Authority said.
In just minutes, a torrent of water and rocks swept down on the village of Dalori, destroying at least 15 houses, damaging several others and killing nine people
China said on Monday it had not received reports of any Chinese casualties in the deadly floods that have swept across Pakistan since late last weekend, killing hundreds, leaving many missing, and displacing hundreds of thousands.