PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers were continuing to search on Monday for more than 150 people still missing in northwestern Pakistan after days of torrential rain caused flash floods that have killed more than 270 people.

A senior politician has blamed local residents for the high death toll, saying people should have built their homes elsewhere.

The death toll in the mountainous district of Buner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province reached 277 on Monday after rescuers recovered three more bodies, emergency services spokesman Mohammad Suhail said.

The search operations have been extended to remote areas to find residents swept away by floods that hit the province on Friday, according to Suhail. The army has deployed engineers and heavy machinery to clear the rubble.

Villagers have a

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