Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- After a massive cloudburst on Thursday triggered a flash flood in the Chashoti area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the issue of global warming very seriously as these incidents have become common in hilly areas.

Speaking to the media, Abdullah termed the incident "very unfortunate".

"I would like to tell the Prime Minister to take the issue of global warming very seriously. This has become very common in hilly areas. One or the other method will have to be looked for to overcome this. So, I appeal to him to think in this hour of grief about how this can be remedied," he said.

The former J-K Chief Minister emphasised that resc...