Topic: Flash floods

Pakistan’s NDMA reports 657 people, including 392 men, have died and 929 have been injured in rain-related incidents across the country since June 26.

The intense rain has claimed lives and spread destruction in several northern districts, with most people killed in flash floods. In hilly areas, the rains caused flash floods as well as mud and rock slides that washed away houses, buildings, vehicles and belongings.

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J&K CM briefed PM Modi on Kishtwar flash floods in which 46 including 2 CISF personnel died. Modi also mentioned the incident during his I-Day speech & expressed solidarity with those affected.

A massive flash flood triggered by a cloudburst struck a remote mountain village in Kishtwar Thursday, killing at least 46 people, including 2 CISF personnel.

Govt has been storing rations near temple where villagers who survived flash flood have set up camp. ‘If another flood comes here, we won’t be saved,’ says Dharali resident Suresh Panwar.

Situation will return to normal and supplies will start coming in once road opens, says Bhatwari SDM as rescue work continues in the region hit by flash floods.

Rescue & rehabilitation ops are still underway as several villagers remain missing since the 5 August flash floods. Local administration is supplying food & other essentials to residents.

If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working toward India’s disaster preparedness thinking.

At least 16 lives have been lost in flash flood that struck Dharali in Uttarkashi on 5 Aug. Independent analysis from 2023 hints that ‘hanging glaciers’ may have caused disaster.