Days after a massive cloudburst hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, claiming the lives of about 65 people, another cloudburst struck a remote village in J&K’s Kathua district during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, leaving at least four people dead and six injured, officials told news agency .
The cloudburst struck Jod Ghati village of Rajbagh, snapping access to the village and causing some damage to land and property, they said.
A joint team of police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have reached the site and joined the local volunteers early Sunday in rescue operations.
So far, bodies of four persons have been recovered while six others were rescued in an injured condition and are being shifted to hospital, the officials told.