Flash flood in Indian Kashmir leaves at least 56 dead and scores missing
by Guardian staff and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ZAST)
People on popular pilgrimage route were washed away by flood waters triggered by cloudburst, officials say
At least 56 people have died and 80 are missing after a sudden rainstorm in Indian Kashmir, the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week.
The incident in the town of Chashoti, Kishtwar district, occurred at a stopover point on a pilgrimage route. Days earlier, a flood and mudslide engulfed a village in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
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