Rescue operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continued for a third day after flash floods left 314 people dead and 156 injured, along with severe damage to infrastructure, the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) said in a report on Sunday.

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Pakistan has received higher-than-normal monsoon rainfall this year, triggering floods and mudslides that have killed more than 540 people since June 26.

Thousands of Pakistani rescuers battled rain and knee-deep mud Sunday, digging homes out from under massive boulders in a desperate search for survivors after flash floods killed at least 344 people in the country's mountainous north.

Cloud bursts, flash floods, lightning strikes and building collapses caused fatalities in the hills and mountains of the province

Authorities worry that number of fatalities could rise as rescue efforts continue in hardest-hit regions - Anadolu Ajansı