Jammu, Aug. 17 -- Two days after a devastating cloudburst struck Chisoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, anxious relatives of the missing are clinging to fading hope.

With rescue operations continuing on the third day, the grief-stricken relatives said they are hoping against hope, as every passing hour dims the chances of the victims' survival.

So far, 82 people - 81 pilgrims and one CISF personnel - are reported missing after the cloudburst-induced flash floods hit the village in Padder sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday afternoon.

Jammu, Udhampur, and Samba districts accounted for the highest number of 60 missing people.

Four people, each from Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, and one pers...