Srinagar, Aug. 28 -- Multiple rescue and relief operations are underway in Jammu, Samba, Reasi, Doda and Kishtwar districts, where rivers and nallahs have swollen beyond danger levels. Officials said more than 12,000 people have been evacuated to safer locations, while connectivity to at least 50 villages remains snapped.

On Thursday, four more people were swept away in flash floods in Jammu, taking the death toll in the region to at least 110 since August 14. Among the victims were an elderly man in Marh, a youth in Nagrota, and two others whose bodies were recovered from RS Pura and Bari Brahmana.

The worst tragedy struck on the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage route in Reasi district, where a massive landslide near Ardhkuwari buried scores of...