Rain, floods kill 25 in Pakistan HEAVY rain in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 25 people and injured more than 50, emergency officials say. Collapsing structures in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province caused most of the casualties. Three soldiers were still missing after an avalanche hit their post near the Afghan border, said disaster management spokesman Adnan Khan on Wednesday. More than 230 houses were damaged during the rains, which began at the weekend and subsided early on Wednesday. Heavy snow fell over the northern mountain ranges. Chief meteorologist Arif Mahmood said a 30-year record for snowfall was broken in Malam Jabba town that hosted skiing competitions until Taliban militants destroyed the only resort there in 2008. "More than three metres of snow fell in as many days, setting a new record," Mahmood said. Unprecedented monsoon floods in 2010 killed more than 1,000 people and damaged nearly 300,000 structures.