Weather Alert: Heavy Rains Trigger Flash Floods and Landslide Threats in J&K and Uttarakhand

Weathe
co ditio s
co ti ue
to
dete io ate
ac oss
Jammu
a d
Kashmi ,
with
heavy
ai fall
t igge i g
flash
floods,
la dslides
a d
oad
co ectivity
p oblems.
I
Rajou i,
flash
floods
e te ed
ag icultu al
fields,
damagi g
paddy,
maize
a d
othe
c ops.
Seve al
houses
we e
also
affected
as
ove flowi g
st eams
caused
sig ifica t
damage.
Fa me s
have
appealed
to
the
gove me t
fo
compe satio .
The
situatio
has
also
affected
t a spo tatio ,
with
seve al
b idges
epo tedly
damaged.
Local
eside ts,
i cludi g
schoolchild e ,
a e
faci g
difficulties
c ossi g
swolle
st eams,
i c easi g
safety
co ce s.
I
Ramba ,
co ti ued
ai fall
a d
the
th eat
of
la dslides
have
fu the
aised
co ce s
alo g
the
Jammu-S i aga
Natio al
Highway-44.
Autho ities
have
take
p ecautio a y
measu es
ega di g
the
Ama ath
Yat a
due
to
the
isk
of
la dslides,
pa ticula ly
i
the
Ramba
secto .
The
jou ey
f om
the
Baltal
oute
has
also
bee
suspe ded,
while
the
Pahalgam
oute
had
al eady
bee
halted
followi g
damage
to
the
oute
o
July
25.
Mea while,
heavy
ai
a d
swolle
ive s
a e
c eati g
difficulties
i
Utta akha d.
I
Utta kashi& squo;s
Nagao
a ea,
village s
a e
bei g
fo ced
to
c oss
a
apidly
flowi g
st eam
because
the e
is
o
b idge.
I
Ha idwa ,
SDRF
pe so el
escued
two
wome
who
we e
swept
i to
the
Ga ga
at
Ka g a
Ghat.
I
Rishikesh,
a
SDRF
team
also
escued
a
youth
caught
i
st o g
cu e ts
while
bathi g
du i g
the
Ka wa
Yat a.

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