Death Toll from Pakistan, India Floods Tops 300

Monsoon rains and flash floods across large areas of northern Pakistan and India have killed more than 300 people, while hundreds have been injured and tens of thousands have lost homes. Officials in Pakistan said Sunday the death toll there has reached at least 143, most of them caused when roofs of homes collapsed.  The government sent army rescue teams in helicopters and boats to take stranded people to safer places.  Officials said about 4,000 homes in Pakistan have...

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