Dozens of people have died in Pakistan and India's northern Rajasthan state amid flash floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains, officials said Thursday.
The death toll continues to rise from devastating flooding in southeastern Pakistan, with authorities saying Friday that 107 children are among the 434 people killed.
At least 369 people have died and 700,000 are living in refugee camps because of flooding in southern Pakistan, the country's national disaster authority said Thursday.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on the Monsoon flood impacting five million Pakistanis.
At least 361 people have died and 600,000 were living in refugee camps because of flooding in Pakistan, the country's national disaster authority said Tuesday.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on the natural and man-made problems affecting flood victims in Badin, Pakistan.
The number of people killed in flooding in Pakistan has risen to at least 347 in the past six weeks, the country's national disaster authority said Monday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is calling off a visit to the United States due to floods that have killed hundreds in his country, his office said Friday.
Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 233 people in Pakistan, a disaster agency spokesman said Wednesday, as a weather forecast calls for more rain over deluged parts of the country.
Heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan's southeastern Sindh province have killed some 226 people over the past month, the National Disaster Management Authority said Tuesday.
U.N. aid agencies are assisting in relief efforts in southeastern Pakistan after flooding caused by heavy rains killed almost 200 people and destroyed or damaged more than one million homes, the United Nations said.
Floods in northwest Pakistan have claimed more than 30 lives, as a riverbank overflowed during recent heavy rains, police said.
The floods that ravaged Pakistan this summer caused an estimated $9.7 billion in damage to homes, roads, farms and other parts of the southwestern Asian country, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank announced Thursday.
CNN's Becky Anderson talks to Pervez Musharraf about his return to politics.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has returned to the political stage in Pakistan, which he describes as a "demoralized" nation that needs an injection of vigor and leadership.
A message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is urging Muslims to tackle famine, flood relief, the effects of climate change and clean water -- stark problems plaguing parts of the Islamic world.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on fears the Taliban could use the chaos after the flooding in Pakistan to mount a comeback.
The governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan serve only the interests of the United States and its allies and not of the local Muslim populations, an American-born al Qaeda spokesman said in a new video purportedly from the organization.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports from the Swat Valley in Pakistan where the big focus right now is on rebuilding.
Some fear the Taliban will make a comeback in Pakistan's Swat Valley. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
As Pakistan struggles to recover after one of the worst floods in its history, questions are already being asked about how human decisions may have exacerbated the effects of this natural disaster.
Pakistan's farmers are having trouble recovering from the flooding disaster. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.
The white bags land with a thud, a small cloud of dust billowing around them. But for Pakistanis like Tariq Jan, the simple sack may as well be gold.
More than seven weeks after flooding first displaced millions of people in Pakistan, the crisis is not over. Whole towns are still submerged; tent cities now dot the high ground and line the roads that are left; and more rains have prevented some relief. Flood waters are moving south, so different parts of the country are beginning to experience the effects of the flood.
CNN photojournalist Gabe Ramirez flew with U.S. Marines delivering desperately needed aid to flood victims in Pakistan.
From the start of the tragedy, aid agencies warned that not enough help was flowing into flood-devastated Pakistan.
Al Qaeda's second-in-command lashed out at the Pakistani government in a video statement released Wednesday, saying it had turned on its people by cooperating with the United States and its allies.
CNN's Reza Sayah rides a hovercraft across a lake created due to heavy rains in Pakistan.
Recovery efforts are struggling to meet the needs of flood survivors in Pakistan.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks to Angelina Jolie in Pakistan as she makes a desperate plea for flood victims.
Amid the overwhelming flood disaster in Pakistan, the world has "no choice but to be optimistic and to have hope" that things can improve there, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie told CNN Wednesday.
The United Nations has established more than a thousand health clinics across Pakistan in the wake of widespread flooding, a U.N. official said.
The fate of levees holding back Pakistan's floods pits communities against one another. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
Ahmed Raza Chandio is a civilian with a lot to lose. He is ready to do whatever it takes to save his home and land, so he stands stick straight, shotgun strapped on his shoulder, and his eyes fixed on the long stretch of levee he is standing on.
A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.
President Obama issued a presidential order on Friday authorizing emergency funds to Pakistan's flood victims, the White House announced Friday.
As water continues to rush in, hope remains high for Pakistan's refugees. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
The United States is launching a new program to provide jobs for thousands of people in flood-ravaged Pakistan, it said Wednesday.
Tears flow for the dead and missing from Pakistan's catastrophic flooding. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
India offered another $20 million in aid to its neighbor and rival Pakistan on Tuesday, but an official in the flood-ravaged country said he has no knowledge of the aid.
Pakistanis are desperate for food and water as they try to survive the floods. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
CNN's Sara Sidner tells Don Lemon that the U.N. is warning that flooding is outpacing relief efforts in Pakistan.
Pakistan's government is not aware of any threat against international aid workers helping with flood relief efforts in the country, despite concerns from U.S. officials and others.
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah has addressed reports of threats to international aid workers helping with flood relief efforts in Pakistan, calling it "deeply saddening that others would choose to use these environments to propagate themselves or to threaten international aid workers."
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on the devastation from the flooding in Pakistan.
The death toll from Pakistan's massive flooding has climbed to 1,639, but the number could rise substantially as flood waters recede and more bodies surface, government officials say.
CNN's Sara Sidner reports on more flooding in Pakistan and a death toll that continues to rise.
Flooding has displaced an additional 1 million people in Pakistan's Sindh province in the past two days, according to new U.N. estimates released Friday.
The U.S. government has obtained information about threats against foreign aid workers who are assisting in flood relief efforts in Pakistan, the State Department said Thursday.
Pakistan's government has warned about 500,000 people in the country's southeastern Sindh province they should evacuate immediately because of possible flooding, government officials said Thursday.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports that malaria and other diseases will cause a second wave of suffering in Pakistan.
CNN's Sara Sidner joins the head of the USAID on a visit to Pakistani flood relief camps.
An official with Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a group with alleged links to a banned Pakistani terrorist organization, says the U.S. Agency for International Development's administrator visited a camp the group is running and praised the work being done there.
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