Jammu, July 24 -- Flash floods hit the Barkuanda area of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district early Friday, causing damage to several houses and prompting the evacuation of affected families, officials said.
The district administration evacuated three affected families to the government middle school at Barkuanda as a precautionary measure, they said.
No casualties have been reported so far, while officials have launched an assessment of the damage caused by the flash floods and landslides.
In another incident, flash floods hit Kadwah village in Basantgarh tehsil, where overflowing water damaged some houses and standing maize crops, they said.
The floodwater was diverted through an alternative channel, preventing further damage to resi...