Cloudburst, landslide kill 11 in Ramban, Reasi
Jammu, Aug. 31 -- At least 11 people, including seven members of a family, were killed and one remained missing on Saturday morning in two separate incidents of cloudburst and a landslide hit Ramban and Reasi districts of Jammu & Kashmir, officials aware of the matter said.
The Union territory 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.
According to police, around 12.30 am on Saturday, a cloudburst hit Drubla Natna area in Rajgarh.
"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. She might have been buried under the debris or swept away in a river flowing beneath the affected hill," he said.
He identified the deceased as Om Raj of Banshara Rajgarh, Dwarka Nath, Ashwani Sharma and his sister Veerta Devi, of Gadigran Kumate.
Ramban DC Mohammad Alyas Khan said, "Her (Vidya Devi's) chances of survival look grim. She might have been buried under the debris or swept away in the river flowing by the hill side. We have deployed our teams to trace her."...
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