With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.

Flash floods in Pakistan have killed over 300 people, officials said Tuesday. Last week’s flooding in Buner was among the deadliest since the rains began late last month

Heavier than usual rains and sudden cloudbursts during this monsoon season kill more than 300 people in recent days.

Emergency teams searching for the missing are struggling through mud and debris, following flash flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country's northwest has risen to at least 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told a news conference 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