Aziz Ahmed, a local schoolteacher in Buner, northwestern Pakistan said the thunder accompanying recent torrential rains was so loud he thought the "end of the world had come". Water, rocks and trees were swept down the mountainside after two days of intense monsoon rains,

Pakistani rescuers dug homes out from under massive boulders on Aug. 17 as they searched for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 344 people, with more than 150 still missing.

Officials say flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing.

Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faces catastrophic devastation from recent flash floods, with estimates suggesting up to 1,000 fatalities. Villages have been erased from the map, and many families remain unaccounted for.