200 feared dead in bridge collapse

MARDAN, Pakistan, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- At least 200 people watching raging floods in Mardan, Pakistan, plunged into the water when the bridge holding them was swept away.

Army troops, civilian aid workers and local residents worked Sunday to find survivors of the 30-foot-high bridge collapse, CNN reported.

Mardan's mayor said 39 bodies had been recovered since the Saturday collapse.

Weeks of heavy rain and landslides have killed hundreds of people and displaced many more in Pakistan and India.

Mardan is located about 60 miles northwest of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.