Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- A woman was washed away while hundreds of people were evacuated as multiple cloudbursts struck the Valley on Monday, triggering flash floods in several districts, officials said.

Police said that Naseema Begum, 52, was in her agriculture field near a small Nallah when she slipped into flash floods caused by a cloudburst in Himli area of Lolab in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

"Her body was recovered 1km downstream at Shahabad after a search operation was launched following the sudden surge of floodwaters," said police officer Bashir Ahmad.

He said that flash floods also uprooted some trees which damaged some houses. He added that the water also damaged some agricultural fields.

Meanwhile, flash floods were also ...