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KHAPLU, Pakistan: A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars on a mountainous highway in northern Pakistan, killing at least three people, with more cars buried under the debris, officials said on Tuesday (Jul 22). Flash floods, collapsed buildings and electrocutions have killed more than 180 people since the monsoon season arrived in late June. More than eight vehicles were swept away on Monday when heavy rains triggered a landslide on a highway in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Abdul Hameed, a senior police officer in the area, told AFP. “Three dead bodies have been recovered and more than…
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