Floods in Pakistan

Pakistani villagers move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages.

 The top of a house is all that remains from the floods in Pakistan

The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan has reached more than 300 after rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

The rising toll from the monsoon rains underscore the poor infrastructure in impoverished Pakistan, where under-equipped rescue workers were struggling to reach people stranded in remote villages.

 A car gets caught in the rising water, with more rain expected

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed more than 400 people in Pakistan in three days and affected at least 600,000.

 Residents wade through floodwaters as they flee their homes in Risalpur, in northwest Pakistan's Nowshera district. The flooding is worst in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

 A Pakistani police vehicle travels through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rain.

 Pakistani commuters travel through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rain. 

 In Shangla district of the province, 49 people were killed Friday due to landslide while many others were swept away by flash floods. Several people have lost their belongings and their houses have been razed to the ground.

 People stand at a bank of overflowing steam in Mingora, the capital of Swat valley in Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 300 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated...

 An aerial view from a military helicopter of a natural dam caused by a landslide which passes through Sheeshgat village in Hunza district of northern Pakistan. Officials evacuated thousands of people this week amid fear the lake, formed after a landslide blocked the Hunza River on Jan. 4, could burst and affect about 50,000 people downstream and sever an important trade link with China.

 Flood Affected areas in Pakistan.

 Khanki Headwork is the oldest head work of Pakistan. It is present at river Chenab in Gujrat District. It is used to control water flow and flood flow in river Chenab. Another use is to provide water to tributaries Such as Lower Chenab. It was built in 1889.

 Flood not only Happens in Pakistan, also in other parts of the world. Prince Charles surprised everybody by climbing into a grey inflatable boat, and was rowed about 100 metres into the floodwater.