Officials say rescuers have recovered dozens more bodies from the rubble of collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended the

Officials say rescuers have recovered dozens more bodies from collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended their response to the flooding.

A local official in the worst-affected Buner district told the BBC that at least 209 people were still missing there, but it is feared that number could rise. Rescue teams have buried eight unidentified bodies as there were no family members found alive to claim them,