ISLAMABAD: Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area. The instense, sudden deluges have proven fatal in both countries.

More than 20 people have died in a fresh spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said on Wednesday. Torrential downpours across Pakistan over the past week have caused flooding and landslides that swept away entire villages,

The sudden and intense weather event is almost impossible to forecast and often leads to deadly flash-flooding and landslides

Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 200 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, as scores of people remain missing.

At least three more people have died in heavy rains in northern China, state media said, taking to 13 the death toll in recent storms across the region, with five still missing and no let-up in rain forecast.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's MI-17 helicopter had taken off from Peshawar for Bajaur when contact was lost over Mohmand tribal district, according to initial reports.