Flash Floods Kill More Than 280 People in India and Pakistan
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Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 44 people dead, authorities said Thursday, as rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village brought at least 200 people to safety.
A sudden cloudburst on August 14 unleashed devastating flash floods in Chisoti village of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least 60 people and leaving around 75 missing. Entire homes,
Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220