Overview

• SSP Reasi reported about 30 fatalities at the Adhkwari section of the Vaishno Devi trek, with dozens injured and the pilgrimage suspended as searches continue.
• Road, rail and communications suffered major outages, with the Jammu–Srinagar and Jammu–Pathankot highways shut, bridges damaged, scores of trains canceled and mobile internet disrupted by fiber cuts.
• Authorities evacuated more than 5,000 people to safety, deployed Army, NDRF and SDRF teams and set up relief camps as multi‑agency operations scaled up.
• Rivers surged over danger marks across the region, including Chenab, Tawi, Ujh and Ravi, the Madhopur barrage topped one lakh cusec, and the Jhelum crossed flood levels in Anantnag and Srinagar.
• Himachal Pradesh reported severe damage with the Beas in spate washing away highway stretches near Manali, as IMD logged record rainfall in Jammu and warned of more heavy showers and thunderstorms.