Jammu, June 27 -- Three persons, including two children, died while four others were rescued as flash floods triggered by cloudbursts and heavy rains were reported from different areas of Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and Kathua districts on Thursday, officials said.

Shaqafat Ali (14) and his cousin, Safeena Kousar (11), drowned due to flash floods in a rivulet at their Sialsui Mou village in Kalakote sub-division of Rajouri, they said.

Saima (10), who was also trapped in the flash floods, was rescued by local volunteers and shifted to a hospital, the officials added.

The children were grazing their cattle when they were swept away by the flash floods due to a cloudburst, the officials said, adding that the bodies were retrieved and handed ove...