Flash floods kill more than 280 people in India and Pakistan
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Indian officials say several people are feared dead in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
A devastating cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district has claimed seven lives, triggering landslides and flash floods. The deluge washed away roads, damaged homes, and disrupted train services on the Jammu-Pathankot line.
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Ground Report: Rescue operation continue in Kishtwar after cloudburst, flash flood
Rescue operations are underway in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district following a deadly cloudburst in Chachoti village. According to the report from day four of the operation, over 60 people have died,
Most were killed in flash floods and collapsing houses, while at least 120 others were injured, as Pakistan experienced more rain than usual during the current monsoon season, washing away roads and buildings.
Flash floods and landslides caused widespread havoc across several regions of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand on Sunday, as heavy rainfall relentlessly lashed the states.
More than 200 people remain missing in one district of north-west Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon flooding and landslides, an official has said. Flash floods have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in recent days, with most of the deaths recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The death toll from flash floods in Pakistan has risen to at least 220, officials said on Saturday, as rescuers scoured remote mountain villages for survivors