Seven dead as cloudburst hits J-K's Kishtwar
Jammu cloudburst: A cloudburst hit a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district early on Wednesday, leaving seven persons dead and 17 others injured, as per reports reaching here said.
Six houses and a ration depot situated on the banks of a stream, besides a bridge were damaged in the cloudburst, which triggered flash floods in the Kishtwar area around 4.30 am on Wednesday.
Also read: Heavy rains trigger flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, 7 dead
A search and rescue operation by the police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) is under way to locate over 14 persons, who are still missing from Honzar village in Dacchan tehsil.
Director General of Police-cum-Commandant General Home Guard, Civil Defence and SDRF, VK Singh, said two women were among the seven persons killed in the cloudburst.
As per reports, floods had also been reported from Machail, Paddar and Bunjwah in the district.
The District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar, said two cloudbursts struck remote Lambard area overnight, but there was no report of any loss of life.
-PTC News 
