India, Aug. 17 -- Hours after a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, videos from the site in the remote hilly region emerged. The videos showed security and rescue personnel digging people out of the slush that washed into homes.

At least seven people, including five kids aged between 2 and 15, were killed in the disaster in the Juthana Jodh and Ghati areas in the early hours of Sunday.

"We have mobilised rescue teams. I can't say for sure if it was a cloudburst, but heavy rains lashed the region that inundated low-lying areas. We have deployed police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams. We have informed the army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)," Kathua Senior Supe...