More than 200 fatalities were reported in the Buner district of the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after heavy rainfall triggered devastating floods.
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According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial disaster management authority, the fatalities include 28 women and 21 children. Officials said Buner was struck by a cloudburst, a rare weather phenomenon in which over 100mm of rain falls within an hour over a small area
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