Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- Srinagar- Moderate to heavy rains lashed wide parts of Kashmir on Monday, prompting authorities to set up emergency control rooms in vulnerable parts of the valley, officials said.

Heavy rains lashed Srinagar, Kupwara, Baramulla, Anantnag and Pulwama districts of the valley since Monday morning.They said in the Warnov forest area of Lolab in Kupwara, torrential rains accompanied by thunder forced people to rush towards safer places, fearing a cloudburst.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has placed authorities and the public on high alert after the Meteorological Department (MeT) forecast moderate to heavy rainfall across several districts in the coming days, heightening fears of flash floods, landslides, and other c...