(MENAFN- QNA) At least 70 people went missing on Thursday afternoon after the bus they were travelling in was washed away flash floods.
According to Jammu Kashmir Police, the passengers were part of a marriage party and were on their way from Pata village to Laam in Naushera. Several villages in Kashmir are under water with people being rescued by boats, according to the thehindu news paper.
Officials say that 45 people have been killed in several road accidents caused by rains in Nowshehra area of Rajouri district of Jammu Province while 20 more lost their lives because of massive floods across Jammu and Kashmir.
Authorities issued a detailed weather advisory, advising people living in flood-prone areas and on embankments of water bodies to move to safer places.
The forecast for next few days is not encouraging either, which could account for more lives and damage property and livestock.
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