At least 360 dead, 150 missing in Pakistan-India floods

Bloomberg : Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and India and led to severe devastation across the South Asian region.
At least 307 people have died and 23 have been injured in Pakistan, according to the latest details from the nation’s National Disaster Management Authority.
Meanwhile, around 60 people were killed and more than 60 were missing in India’s northernmost region of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told reporters Saturday.
Local police and other agencies were conducting search and rescue operations in the region of Kishtwar in India, about 200km from Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
Authorities were continuing to search for scores of people still buried under the debris.
Pakistan authorities have warned that landslides are likely to increase further in the country’s northern regions in the event of more rain.




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