JAMMU, Aug. 17 -- Seven members of four families, including five children, were killed in two separate incidents of cloudburst and landslide in Kathua district early Sunday, officials said.
The calamity struck Jodh Ghati village of Rajbagh and Bagra village of Janglote amid heavy overnight rains in the district, leading to increase in the level of water bodies and submerging many low-lying areas, they said.
The cloudburst in Kathua came three days after flash floods triggered by cloudburst struck Chisoti village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on August 14, leaving 60 people dead and more than 100 injured.
Officials said while five persons, including a man and his two minor sons, lost their lives in Jodh Ghati which was hit by ...