ISLAMABAD: Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area. The instense, sudden deluges have proven fatal in both countries.

A series of destructive floods caused by cloudbursts in northwest Pakistan has resulted in 365 deaths over the past five days. The village of Dalori Bala bore significant losses, with 20 fatalities and widespread home destruction.

In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani village following a cloudburst.