Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people.

Nearly 400 people were killed and villages were destroyed by monsoon rains and flash floods in northern Pakistan. Roads were also cut off.

A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country's northwest has risen to at least 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses.

Across the wider province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 314 people have been killed and 156 injured due to rains and flash floods that began between Thursday and Friday night. Buner district, where Bishnoi is located, is the worst-affected, with 217 fatalities, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).

Pakistan has restored 70 percent of electricity service and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people, officials say. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.

More than 200 fatalities were reported in the Buner district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The fatalities include 28 women and 21 children, the province's Provincial Disaster Management Authority said.

In just minutes, a torrent of water and rocks swept down on the village of Dalori, destroying at least 15 houses, damaging several others and killing nine people