Communication infra-structure has been damaged as the continuing overnight string of torrential rains and subsequent floods took a heavy toll of over 110 lives in the worst-hit northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the tough monsoon season in Pakistan, local source said on Friday.

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"Communication structure has been severely damaged as the entire province is hit by floods," provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told local media on Thursday.

All rivers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are in high-level floods and the water has entered homes forcing people out stranded in the absence of an effective evacuation plan and relief camps.

More than 200 houses have been washed away. An entire neighborhood in provincial capital Peshawar was half submerged into flood water forcing 500 families out in the middle of nowhere. Electricity, telephone lines and cellular phone networks have been badly damaged, partially or completely suspending services in various areas.

Continuing overnight string of torrential rains and subsequent floods took a heavy toll of over 110 lives in the worst-hit northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the tough monsoon season in Pakistan.[Chinanews.com]

Some 30,000 people have been affected by floods and rains in scenic Swat valley and Malakand areas. At least 20 link-bridges and eight hotels have also been washed away in flash floods. Over 40 people have been killed in the area including 21 electrocuted by thunder lightening in tourist resort Shangla hill area, local media said.

"300 students of Malakand University are stranded. 46 Chinese workers have been rescued from flooded areas," said Hussain, whose son was assassinated by insurgent Taliban militants on Saturday and the minister survived a suicide bomb blast attempt two days later.

No drinking water, no food," screamed Inayatullah, a villager in flood affected Charsaddah area. While another man Saifullah screamed, "no boat to rescue my children."

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti has ordered for a C-130 military aircraft and 50 boats to expedite the relief and rescue operation. The province and its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are the front line region in fighting war against terrorism.