Srinagar, 14/8: At least 40 people, including two CISF jawans, were killed and over 120 injured after a massive cloudburst struck Chositi village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday afternoon, unleashing flash floods and large-scale destruction along the Machail Mata Yatra route, officials said.
More than 200 people are still missing as rescuers battle hostile terrain to reach survivors, they said. The disaster occurred between 12 noon and 1 pm, when torrential rain suddenly pounded Chositi — the last motorable point before the shrine.
