Rescue workers struggled today to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by massive flooding in Pakistan’s north-west that has killed over 900 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said.

Rescue and government officials said flooding killed at least 267 people in Pakistan over the past three days.

AN EXPRESS train crowded with holiday travellers derailed in southern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 58 people and leaving hundreds of terrified survivors to claw their way out of the wreckage in total darkness.

An express train crowded with holiday travellers derailed in Pakistan early today, killing at least 50 people and injuring many more, officials said.

An express train crowded with holiday travellers derailed in Pakistan early today and many have died, a relief worker said.

The death toll from a week of sweltering heat in Pakistan rose to at least 89 today, as temperatures touched 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and hundreds of people were taken to hospital with sunstroke and dehydration, officials said.

More than 400 people are missing in a remote area of south-western Pakistan after heavy rains caused a large dam to burst, sweeping villagers into the Arabian Sea, a provincial official said today.