The most potent seasonal monsoon rains to hit India and Pakistan in five decades are devastating the two countries, causing landslides, home collapses and flooding across the region. So far rain-related catastrophes have claimed the lives of more than 320 people across the two countries and injured countless others.
Rain has been falling in the Indian controlled area of Kashmir and northern and eastern Pakistan for six days straight, inundating hundreds of villages, some with more than 12 feet of water. Thousands of homes have collapsed from heavy rain and floodwaters, forcing thousands to flee into the flooded streets.
All told, more than 120 people have been killed in India and another 205 killed in Pakistan from heavy rain related catastrophes. The scope of the devastation prompted government officials to call the situation a "national emergency."
Thousands of others have been evacuated from the hundreds of flooded villages across the region. In Pakistan, officials estimate some 9,000 people have fled their homes in more than 530 flooded villages. And in India, more than 5,000 people were rescued from raging floodwaters across more than 2,000 villages affected or submerged by floodwaters.
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