US EditionHeavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Jammu and Kashmir, Cause Flood-Like Situations | Science-Environment
The State Disaster Response Force rescued 45 students trapped due to over seven feet of floodwater after heavy rains damaged a key bridge on the Jammu-Pathankot highway.
- Heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir caused severe flooding, damaging property and disrupting daily life, as reported by officials.
- Jammu recorded 190.4 mm of rainfall, marking it the second-highest August downpour in 100 years, according to local measurements.
- Authorities evacuated at least 45 students from the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine due to floodwaters, with a rescue operation that lasted over five hours, officials stated.
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah directed departments to remain alert and ensure essential services are resumed in affected regions, as indicated by his office's ongoing communication with line departments.
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If you start walking from Lal Chowk in Srinagar, the Jhelum Ghats will be visible in a few minutes. Its banks, surrounded by Chinar trees, were once bustling with tourists. Newly married couples would get their pictures taken under the red-orange trees in autumn. Children would frolic on the muslin grass. And tired families would spend the night in houseboats. This would be about three decades old. Jhelum is now a river through which time has pa…
Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Jammu and Kashmir, Cause Flood-Like Situations | Science-Environment
Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Jammu and Kashmir, Cause Flood-Like Situations Overnight heavy rains have wreaked havoc across Jammu and Kashmir, leading to flood-like situations in several low-lying areas and damaging a crucial bridge on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway, officials have reported.Jammu experienced 190.4 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, marking it as the second-highest downpour of the month in nearly a century, surpassed only b…
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