NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people, including five children, died, and four others were injured, after a cloudburst hit Jodh Ghati area of Kathua district, in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, a local police officer said, yesterday.
The tragedy occurred between 3:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., when flash floods and landslides caused by cloudburst struck the area.
Rescue operations were still ongoing to bring out victims from the affected area.
Earlier this week, a cloudburst hit a village in Kishtwar district of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, claiming at least 60 lives, and nearly 100 people went missing.– NNN-PTI
