Thirty people were feared drowned when a bridge collapsed in northwestern Pakistan as torrential rains battered the area on Saturday, police said.
Three bodies have been recovered so far from a river swollen by heavy rains in Mardan town, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northeast of Peshawar bordering Afghanistan, local police official Mumtaz Khan said.
"Rescuers are trying to find the other missing people," he said.
Khan said around 30 people had gathered on a bridge to watch the flooded river when part of the bridge caved in, plunging them into the swirling waters, he said.
More than 40 people have died in landslides and floods caused by rain torrents in Pakistan over the past two days.
