Pakistan Flood Deaths Exceed 1,100

The death toll from massive floods in northwestern Pakistan rose to 1,100 Sunday as rescue workers have saved more than 20,700 people

The floods caused by monsoon rains in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province of Pakistan was the worst in decades.

Pakistani authorities have deployed 43 military helicopters and more than 100 boats to try to rescue some 27,300 people still trapped by the floods, Latif-ur-Rehman, Pakistan's Disaster Management spokesman told Associated Press.

The military deployed 30,000 army troops who helped rescue more than 20,700 people, another Pakistani official has told AP.

The flooding has also affected the central Pakistani province of Punjab, where troops rescued more than 1,400 people trapped by rising water, said Pakistani authorities.

The US delivered thousands of food packages, four rescue boats and two water-filtration units to the northwest.

The US Embassy in Islamabad also announced it will provide 12 prefabricated steel bridges to temporarily replace those damaged by floods.