“A cloudburst struck around 7.30 pm at Kullan and Gagangir villages in Sonamarg area, resulting in massive downpour in which two houses had reportedly collapsed”, said a police official. Officials said the cloudburst caused landslides blocking the Srinagar-Leh highway. One of them was identified as Iqra Nazir, 15.
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The Army opened its transit camp at Sonamarg for civilians who had been evacuated from these areas besides pressing into operation 11 mobile teams to provide food and medical supply to the needy.
On receiving information army swiftly acted and rescued four Spanish citizens and two civil engineers after the cloudburst.
On the Baltal Amarnath yatra route, a bridge caved in but there was no report of any casualty. The deceased was identified as Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh.
Two houses were also damaged and several vehicles washed away.
In a fresh cloudburst-an extreme amount of precipitation capable of creating flood-like conditions-police recovered three bodies from Kullan area on Srinagar-Leh road where a cloudburst took place last evening.
“Only light to moderate rainfall will lash the valley today”, said MeT department in the statement.
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Two pilgrims today died after suffering cardiac arrest on their way to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll during the ongoing yatra to 15, officials said.
