Rescue teams are battling to retrieve hundreds of thousands of people stranded by damaging floods in India and Pakistan.

The province of Punjab, where rivers are bursting their banks, is the worst-hit area in Pakistan.

In Indian-administered Kashmir, the capital Srinagar is submerged with many residents waiting for rescue on rooftops.

The city of Lahore was flooded after heavy rains

One week of flooding has left at least 280 people dead in both countries.

Army and air force troops worked overnight to rescue marooned residents, officials in Indian-administered Kashmir said.

In Kashmir, residents have waded through neck-deep waters with their belongings.
Helicopters and planes were deployed to air lift residents out of areas where the force of flood waters knocked down buildings, bridges and cut off communication links, media reports say.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the flooding as "a national disaster."

(Source: BBC)