ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest and restored 70% of the region's electricity after flash floods there killed more than 300 people, officials said Tuesday, as a downpour continued to lash several flood-hit regions.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told a news conference that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.

Most roads have been cleared, facilitating the supply of food and other essential items to flood-affected areas, he said.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered authorities to accelerate recovery efforts in Buner, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where torrential rains and a cloudburst Friday killed at least 280 people, Tarar said.

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