Cloudburst, landslip hit Ramban, Reasi; 11 dead
Jammu, Aug. 31 -- At least 11 people, including seven members of a family, were killed and one remained missing on Saturday morning after a cloudburst and landslide hit Ramban district, and heavy rains triggered a landslide in Reasi districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, IMD J&K director, confirmed the cloudburst in Ramban. The UT has been reeling under a series of flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains since August 14 that has claimed 117 lives, while 32 people are missing. The pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district remained suspended for the fifth day on Saturday, since a landslide struck about halfway along the winding 12-km trek route from Katra to the shrine on Tuesday, killing 34 pilgrims.
Around 12.30am on Saturday, a cloudburst hit Drubla Natna area in Rajgarh, Ramban, police said. "Two houses and a school building were hit. We retrieved four bodies from the debris on Saturday morning, while a woman, Vidya Devi, remains missing..." he said.
After heavy rainfall around 3am on Saturday in Reasi, a family of seven was killed in Mahore. "Heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away a house in Badder village, burying the entire family of seven members," said sub divisional police officer (Mahore) Waqar Yunus.
The deceased have been identified as Nazir Ahmed and Wazira Bano, and their five sons-Waseem Ahmed (4), Mohd Mubarak (6), Mohd Adil (8), Mohd Mustafa (10) and Bilal Ahmed (12).
The Met has forecast one or two spells of light to moderate rain at scattered to fairly widespread places with possibility of heavy to very heavy rain over Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts and moderate to heavy rain/thundershower/intense showers at few districts of Jammu division till September 2. Union home minister Amit Shah is likely to arrive here on a two-day tour of Jammu region on Sunday to review the situation in the aftermath of the recent record rain....
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