( CNN ) -- Severe flooding from an intense monsoon season has left more than 250 people dead and hundreds more homeless across parts of South Asia and China . Dozens more have been injured or are missing . In Pakistan , flash flooding has killed 110 people and injured nearly 150 others in recent days , authorities said Saturday . India also is coping with severe flooding , which has claimed the lives of at least 97 people in Indian-administered Kashmir , Vinod Koul , state relief and rehabilitation commissioner , told CNN on Saturday . And in southwestern China , more than 40 people have died and 18 others are missing after heavy rains and flooding over the past week , authorities said . The hardest-hit areas in Pakistan include Punjab , the country 's most populous province , and Pakistani-administered Kashmir . Lahore and Rawalpindi , major cities in Punjab , are experiencing serious flooding . The flooding has destroyed 650 homes in Pakistan , Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif 's office said . The Pakistani government reported Friday that up to a foot of rain had fallen in eastern parts of the country within the past day . Some flood victims died from collapsing roofs or electrocution by downed power lines , officials said . Sharif will attend a meeting Saturday to review the `` situation in the country and damage caused to life and property by incessant rains and resulting floods , '' a statement said . In India , more than 2,000 villages have been affected in the Kashmir and Jammu region , Koul said . The severe flooding has also damaged or completely washed away dozens of bridges and hundreds of kilometers of road , he added . Power and water systems have been crippled by the monsoons as well . Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday toured the devastated area near the state capital of Srinagar , assuring residents that relief is on the way . The state government has undertaken a massive rescue and relief operation , but residents have complained of inadequate or delayed responses from authorities in the hardest-hit areas . The Indian army is also taking part in the rescue and relief operation . Some 5,000 people have been rescued from the flood zone as of Saturday , according to the Ministry of Defence . The agency also said the army had rescued seven of nine soldiers trapped by floodwaters after their boat capsized south of Srinagar . Efforts to rescue two more personnel were under way Saturday . CNN-IBN reported the area is experiencing the worst flooding in six decades . In China , heavy rain has so far claimed the lives of 43 people over the past week , the country 's Civil Affairs Ministry reported Sunday morning . Damage estimates have exceeded 3.3 billion yuan ( more than $ 530 million ) . In Thailand , the state-run MCOT news agency reported that authorities urged residents along waterways in the country 's central region to move to higher ground . The risk of flooding increased there after a decision to release more water from a dam to reduce water levels in the flood-hit north , MCOT reported . Heavy rains also caused extensive flooding in Bangladesh , Myanmar , Nepal , South Korea and Japan last month . CNN 's Jethro Mullen , Mukhtar Ahmad , Michael Pearson , Kevin Wang and Christine Theodorou contributed to this report .
NEW : Ministry : 43 die due to flooding over the past week . The death toll is climbing in severe flooding across Asia . More than 100 people have died in Pakistan in recent days , authorities say . Villages and infrastructure in India damaged or washed away by flooding .