Pakistan has restored 70 percent of electricity service and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people, officials say. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.

A deluge of rain triggered floods and landslides, sweeping people away and flooding and destroying homes, officials said.

Pakistani rescuers dug homes out from under massive boulders today as they searched for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 344 people, with

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