Pakistan expands rescue efforts after floods kill more than 200 in one district

Local residents remove mud to recover vehicles from debris (Sherin Zada/AP)

Rescue workers in north-western Pakistan expanded relief operations on Sunday after flash floods killed more than 220 people in a single district, officials said.

Buner, a mountainous district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was struck by cloudbursts and torrential monsoon downpours on Friday, triggering flash floods and landslides.