--- title: See Dramatic Rescue Scenes from Floods That Killed Over 400 in Pakistan and India description: The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached hundreds, and troops in both countries have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims, the Associated Press reports. The flash floods have put more than a million people in peril and left thousands of families homeless in the two neighboring states. canonical: https://time.com/3311915/india-pakistan-floods/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-09T19:56:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:47.017Z article:section: World og:title: See Dramatic Rescue Scenes from Floods That Killed Over 400 in Pakistan and India og:description: The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached hundreds, and troops in both countries have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims, the Associated Press reports. The flash floods have put more than a million people in peril and left thousands of families homeless in the two neighboring states. og:url: https://time.com/3311915/india-pakistan-floods/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt295c4e110297a9c3/6986a349cd684846eb096712/pakistan-india-floods-34.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Floods claimed 280 lives in Pakistan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Dramatic Rescue Scenes from Floods That Killed Over 400 in Pakistan and India twitter:description: The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached hundreds, and troops in both countries have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims, the Associated Press reports. The flash floods have put more than a million people in peril and left thousands of families homeless in the two neighboring states. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt295c4e110297a9c3/6986a349cd684846eb096712/pakistan-india-floods-34.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Dramatic Rescue Scenes from Floods That Killed Over 400 in Pakistan and India by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 9, 2014 7:56 PM CUT  A Pakistani Army soldier distributes food bags in flooded areas in Shujabad, on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 15, 2014. A Pakistani Army soldier distributes food bags in flooded areas in Shujabad, on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 15, 2014.Omer Saleem—EPA by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 9, 2014 7:56 PM CUT \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/india-pakistan-floods-death-toll-reaches-400 "undefined")\]  A Pakistani Army soldier distributes food bags in flooded areas in Shujabad, on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 15, 2014. Omer Saleem—EPA  Kashmiri flood victims wade through receding flood waters as they walk back after collecting relief material in village Teing near Srinagar, India, Sept. 14, 2014. Altaf Qadri—AP  A Kashmiri flood victim walks carrying a sack containing relief material in village Teing near Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 14, 2014. Altaf Qadri—AP  Indian army soldiers evacuate flood victims by a boat to a safer place in Srinagar, Sept. 13, 2014. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  A Kashmiri flood victim stretches out his hand to receive bottled water distributed by policemen in Srinagar, India, Sept. 13, 2014. Altaf Qadri—AP  An aerial view shows houses surrounded by flood waters in district Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 12, 2014. Mansoor Abass—AP  Flood victims run to collect food packages and relief materials dropped from an Indian Air Force helicopter in Srinagar, Sept. 11, 2014. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  Tourists wait to be evacuated by Indian Air Force helicopters during rescue and relief operations following flooding in Srinagar on Sept. 10, 2014. Tauseef Mustafa—AFP/Getty Images  Flood victims are evacuated by boat from their flooded house in Srinagar, Sept. 10, 2014. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  Pakistani villagers wait for boats to evacuate flooded areas along the Chenab River, in Jhang, Pakistan, Sept. 10, 2014. K.M. Chaudary—AP  Army soldiers unload boats to be used for evacuating flood victims from their flooded houses following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province, Pakistan, Sept. 10, 2014. Zohra Bensemra—Reuters  A girl from a flood-affected area watches a military chopper (not pictured) from inside an Indian Army tent at a relief camp on the outskirts of Jammu, Sept. 10, 2014. Mukesh Gupta—Reuters  A Kashmiri woman is airlifted from the roof of a of a five-story hotel, four of which are submerged in floodwaters, in Srinagar, India, Sept. 9, 2014. Dar Yasin—AP  An aerial view shows buildings submerged in floodwaters in Srinagar, in Indian Kashmir, Sept. 9, 2014. Dar Yasin—AP  A Pakistani woman carries a rubber ring as she stands beside a flooded field following heavy rain in Cheniot, Punjab Province, Sept. 9, 2014. Zohra Bensemra—Reuters  An Indian Kashmiri man crosses over flood waters with the use of a rope in Srinagar on Sept. 9, 2014. Punit Paranjpe—AFP/Getty Images  Pakistani volunteers rescue villagers in Chiniot, 100 miles northwest of Lahore, Pakistan, Sept. 9, 2014. K.M. Chaudary—AP  An Indian Air Force helicopter rescues a Kashmiri resident from a house submerged by floodwater during rescue and relief efforts in Srinagar on Sept. 9, 2014. Punit Paranjpe—AFP/Getty Images  Kashmiris hang on to a tree to prevent being swept away by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Sept. 9, 2014. Dar Yasin—AP  Indian soldiers carry a rescued flood victim at the Air Force Station in Srinagar, India, Sept. 9, 2014. 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