Battle to rescue flood marooned

Several bridges have been washed away as Sanjoy Majumder reports

Rescue teams are battling to retrieve hundreds of thousands of people stranded by damaging floods in India and Pakistan.

The province of Punjab, where rivers are bursting their banks, is the worst-hit area in Pakistan.

In Indian-administered Kashmir, the capital Srinagar is submerged with many residents waiting for rescue on rooftops.

One week of flooding has left at least 280 people dead in both countries.

Army and air force troops worked overnight to rescue marooned residents, officials in Indian-administered Kashmir said.