New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- At least 12 bodies have been recovered from the cloudburst-hit Chasoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar area. Officials also said the toll could go up, after a massive cloudburst struck the remote village enroute the Machail Mata yatra.

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah briefed Amit Shah about the situation. He stated that the "news is grim and accurate, verified information from the area hit by the cloud burst is slow in arriving."

Flash floods tore through the densely populated foothill hamlet, damaging several homes and forcing authorities to even halt the annual yatra to the shrine.

3. The news of cloudburst reached officials around 11:30 am after which SDRF, local police, other teams reached the spot,...