India, Aug. 15 -- The death toll in the flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in Chashoti village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district rose to 60, media reports said on Friday.

Officials in Jammu and Kashmir told PTI that 21 more bodies were recovered and identified on Friday.

The massive cloudburst unleashed a flash flood in the Chashoti village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday afternoon.

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The incident occurred at about 12:45 pm along the route of the ongoing Machail Mata Yatra, causing flash floods and widespread destruction in the area, which resulted in casualties of yatris and locals.

On receiving information, rescue columns from the Indian Army were immediately mobilized to the affected sit...