The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 164 people, according to the disaster authority.

Most of the deaths, 150, were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, including 78 people who died in the flood-hit Buner district, the National Disaster Management Authority said on Friday.

Later, a helicopter on a rescue mission in the flood-hit province crashed due to the bad weather, killing the five crew members, the government said.

Reporting from Islamabad, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder said the helicopter was a military aircraft.

“This was a Pakistani military helicopter that was involved in a rescue operation. Helicopters are being used to help people in are

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