Three persons, including two children, died while four others were rescued as flash floods triggered by cloudbursts and heavy rains were reported from Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and Kathua districts of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
Shaqafat Ali (14) and his cousin, Safeena Kousar (11), drowned due to flash floods in a rivulet in Kalakote sub-division of Rajouri. Saima (10), who was also trapped, was rescued by locals and shifted to a hospital. The children were grazing their cattle when they were swept away by the flash floods due to a cloudburst. Their bodies were retrieved.
The body of Basharat Hussain (32), a resident of Dunadi village, was fished out from a stream in Doda. He drowned while bathing in the stream on June 23.
Baldev Raj (35) and Sushil Kumar (25) were rescued by the SDRF from a swollen Ujh river, near Jarmal village of Kathua.
The SDRF also rescued a person from a stream in Poonch.
Flash floods due to cloudbursts were also reported from Qazi Mora in Poonch and high-altitude areas of Doda, Udhampur and Ramban districts. There was no report of any casualty.
