Rescuers scour debris as J&K flash flood toll hits 60, may rise

JAMMU: Rescuers continued digging through mud and debris in a remote Jammu & Kashmir village on Friday in search of survivors as the toll from a flash flood that tore through the hamlet a day earlier rose to 60, with several still missing, officials said.

- Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

Hundreds of personnel from security forces and disaster relief agencies were scouring Chishoti village in Kishtwar district after torrential rain triggered a deluge that swept away a community kitchen and multiple structures along the route of an a