Jammu logged a month’s rain in 24 hours, highest since 1960

Jammu recorded 380mm rain in the past 24 hours — the highest ever one day rainfall in the region, India Meteorological Department off-ciails said on Wednesday.

- Ashiq Hussain

MeT director Mukhtar Ahmad said Jammu recorded the highest rainfall in 24 hours since the weather centre started recording data in Jammu in 1960s.

Heavy rains for the past one week have wreaked havoc in Jammu division causing cloudbursts, flash floods, swollen rivers, inundation of low lying areas, landslides in mountainous areas and damaged bridges and roads.