More bodies were recovered from the mud and slush triggered by cloudbursts in Sonamarg area of central Kashmir taking the death toll to six, including four of a family. On Saturday, more cloudbursts occurred in South Kashmir even as Srinagar-leh National Highway remained closed for the third consecutive day.
Flash floods triggered by massive cloudbursts hit Kullan and Gagangir villages in Gund pocket near Sonamarg on Thursday evening washing away dozens of houses and hutments.
A family of four living in a hut was washed away. Body of a lady buried under slush was found by rescuers taking the
No human causalities have been reported after cloudbursts struck south Kashmir’s Shopian district late last evening. Reports said 560 sheep and goats were killed in cloudburst that hit Minimarg pastures situated between Gumri and Matayen in Kargil district on July 16. Cloudbursts occurred in Khrew and Wuyan areas in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday afternoon but there was no report of loss of life or property.
Officials said that Amarnath pilgrims arriving from jammu have been diverted to Pahalgam Base Camp as the Baltal route has been closed due to blockade of Srinagar-leh highway.
However, around 3,000 pilgrims paid obeisance at the Amarnath Cave Shrine taking the number of pilgrims to 2 lakh 39 thousand who had the darshan of the Ice lingam at the Holy Cave since July 2. local MeT department predicted short spells of rainfall for next two to three days. There is no warning about heavy rainfall and weather is likely to improve in next few days.