A total of 307 people were killed and scores of others injured in rain-related accidents in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province during the last 48 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Saturday.

In Pakistan, a helicopter carrying relief supplies to the flood-hit northwestern Bajaur region crashed due to bad weather, killing all five people on board, including two pilots, a government statement said.

Record-setting rain has brought chaos to parts of Hong Kong, with submerged streets, stranded buses and landslides. Residents were advised to avoid going out.

Downpours on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides on Monday, injuring a number of people and disrupting travel during a Buddhist holiday week. Evacuation advisories were issued and several people were reported missing.

The Met Office has warned that torrential rains may trigger flash floods in local streams of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat, Rawalpindi, and Kashmir while hill torrents in D.G Khan and eastern Balochistan may also swell dangerously during this period.

Torrential rains and a deadly cloudburst have killed at least 146 people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, while a Pakistan Army helicopter carrying flood relief supplies crashed, killing all five personnel on board.

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people dead and scores missing, according to authorities.

A flash flood warning was allowed to expire in the Chicago area, but not before heavy rain and gusty storms pushed through the area.