Sudden, heavy rain in Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal kills more than 400 people

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(CNN) — Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 400 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, with scores of people still missing.

In northwestern Pakistan, at least 321 people were killed in the space of 48 hours, local authorities reported Saturday, with more than ten villages in the Buner region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province devastated by flash flooding.

Washed out roads and landslides have prevented emergency workers from accessing the affected communities in Buner, where dozens more people are feared to be buried under rubble, according to Bilal Faizi, a spokesperson for the emergency response agency Rescue 122.

“Over 120 bodies have been recovered from