The BBC meets stranded residents of one mountain valley as monster floods swamp parts of the country.
Hundreds of people are stranded across the river in the Manoor valley of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a flash flood hit the region on Friday, destroying at least ten bridges and dozens of buildings.
The BBC's team reach the valley after a dangerous one-hour drive where the road was damaged at many points due to the flooding and landslides. We see men, women and children sitting outside their mud houses on the other side of the river. They wave at us thinking we are government officials. "There are many other people who have lost their property and means of income," he says. "They need help. They need food. There was a small market here which was swept away. Shops had all the food and supplies.
But the deputy commissioner of the district tells the BBC a comprehensive rescue and relief operation was carried out immediately in the area and all the hotels have been evacuated. He adds that an assessment has already been made about property damages.
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