Overview

• A cloudburst and subsequent landslides in Kathua district on the night of August 16–17 claimed at least four lives and injured six more, with local officials putting the death toll as high as seven.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor reported that National Highway-44, a railway track and a police station were damaged, leading to cancelled trains and disrupted road access.
• Rescue operations involving the Indian Army, NDRF, SDRF, police and volunteers have evacuated injured residents and airlifted critically hurt victims to hospitals in Pathankot and Udhampur.
• In Kishtwar’s Chisoti village, teams continue ground and aerial searches for approximately 75 missing pilgrims after the August 14 cloudburst that killed about 60 people and destroyed makeshift market facilities.
• Authorities have tallied some 360–400 deaths across Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal from extreme monsoon rains and are keeping flood and landslide warnings in effect for high-altitude regions.