Rescue teams in northern Pakistan have expanded their search for at least a dozen tourists who went missing after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains.

Incessant monsoon rains cause landslides and flash floods, taking the total rain-related deaths this year to 242.

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have swept away several vehicles carrying tourists in northern Pakistan, killing at least three people and leaving 15 others missing. Pakistani rescue officials said the above-normal monsoon rains since June 26 have killed at least 225 people and injured more than 500 across the country.

KHAPLU: A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing at least five people, with more vehicles bur

The death toll from flash floods in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB)'s Diamer district rose to six on Thursday, with the search for missing visitors still underway following days of torrential rains,