Overview

• Authorities said the death toll rose to 64 after the August 14 cloudburst at Chisoti on the Machail Mata route, with another body recovered on Tuesday, Daily Excelsior reported.
• Omar Abdullah said hopes of finding the roughly 70 missing alive have faded, though a revised list on Monday put the number of missing at 39, according to Daily Excelsior.
• Officials reported 116 rescues in one briefing, while another update put the figure at 167, with about 450 personnel from NDRF, SDRF, the Army, police, CISF, BRO and NHPC still deployed.
• The government will constitute expert teams to map vulnerable areas and recommend preventive steps, and officials reiterated the event was a cloudburst rather than a glacial lake breach.
• The Meteorological Department warned of more rain over parts of Jammu Division in the next 12 hours, increasing the risk of landslides and fresh cloudbursts during ongoing operations.