Jammu, June 27 -- Two minor cousins among three persons died while four others were rescued after flash floods triggered by heavy rains hit different areas of Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and Kathua districts on Thursday, said officials.

"Shafqat Ali (14) and his cousin Safeena Kouser (11), residents of Sialsui Mohu, died after they were swept away in a flash flood in a rivulet in the village in Kalalote subdivision of Rajouri district," said a police officer. Saima (10), who was also trapped, was rescued by local volunteers and shifted to a hospital, he added. The children were grazing their cattle when the flood hit the area.

In another incident, the body of Basharat Hussain (32), a resident of Dunadi village, was fished out by a team of the...