Now only jagged rocks and a few damaged homes remain after torrential rains wreaked havoc on the picturesque mountain village in the Laswa Valley. More than 270 people have been killed in recent days across South Asia as monsoon rains deluged large swathes of the subcontinent, flooding waterways and destroying communities. On Sunday evening, the normally quiet stream running through the valley morphed into a raging current — uprooting everything in its path. “Within a minute my entire world was gone, my mother was gone and my home,” Butt said, his eyes misting over. But the yearly rains often turn deadly, as floods wash away communities and destroy farmland.

Source: The Express Tribune July 19, 2019 14:48 UTC