More than 250 people dead in flooding across Asia

In Pakistan, flash flooding has killed 110 people and injured nearly 150 others in recent days, authorities said Saturday. India also is coping with severe flooding, which has claimed the lives of at least 97 people in Indian-administered Kashmir, Vinod Koul, state relief and rehabilitation commissioner, told CNN on Saturday. And in southwestern China, more than 40 people have died and 18 others are missing after heavy rains and flooding over the past week, authorities said, CNN reports. The hardest-hit areas in Pakistan include Punjab, the country's most populous province, and Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Deadly floods hit Asia Lahore and Rawalpindi, major cities in Punjab, are experiencing serious flooding. The flooding has destroyed 650 homes in Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's office said. The Pakistani government reported Friday that up to a foot of rain had fallen in eastern parts of the country within the past day. Some flood victims died from collapsing roofs or electrocution by downed power lines, officials said. Sharif will attend a meeting Saturday to review the "situation in the country and damage caused to life and property by incessant rains and resulting floods," a statement said. In India, more than 2,000 villages have been affected in the Kashmir and Jammu region, Koul said. The severe flooding has also damaged or completely washed away dozens of bridges and hundreds of kilometers of road, he added. Power and water systems have been crippled by the monsoons as well. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday toured the devastated area near the state capital of Srinagar, assuring residents that relief is on the way.