Kishtwar Flash Flood Tragedy: Over 60 Dead, Scores Missing

Srinagar: Braving intermittent rains, rescuers intensified their search for survivors on Friday in Chisoti, the last motorable village on the route to the Machail Mata temple, after a massive cloudburst struck the area on Thursday afternoon.

- Observer News Service

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah confirmed the death toll at 60, with an unspecified number of people still trapped.

The disaster struck around 12:25 pm, flattening a makeshift market, a langar (community kitchen), a security outpost, 16 houses, government buildings, three temples, four water mills, a 30-metre | More on P6