More than 200 fatalities were reported in the Buner district of the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after heavy rainfall triggered devastating floods. According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial disaster management authority, the fatalities include 28 women and 21 children. Officials said Buner was struck by a cloudburst, a rare weather phenomenon in which over 100mm of rain falls within an hour over a small area
