3 drown, 4 rescued as flash floods hit several areas across Jammu
JAMMU, Jun 26 (PTI): Three persons, including two children, died while four others were rescued as flash floods triggered by cloudbursts and heavy rains were reported from different areas of Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and Kathua districts in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
Shaqafat Ali (14) and his cousin, Safeena Kousar (11), drowned due to flash floods in a riverlet at their Sialsui Mou village in Kalakote sub-division of Rajouri, they said.
Saima (10), who was also trapped in the flash floods, was rescued by local volunteers and shifted to a hospital, the officials added.
