Jammu/Srinagar, Oct. 12 -- Two people, including a woman, died as record-breaking rainfall battered Jammu on Sunday, inundating residential areas, disrupting traffic and triggering landslides at several locations. The city recorded 185.6 mm of rainfall in three hours, surpassing its previous October record of 160 mm set in 1955, officials said.

The downpour began around 8.30 am, flooding roads and residential localities, damaging vehicles and shops, and sending water rushing through narrow lanes. The maximum temperature in Jammu dropped to 23.3 degrees Celsius, around nine degrees below normal.

A 27-year-old woman went missing in the Raipur Domana area after allegedly being swept away by flash floods while trying to save her husband, wh...