Seven people have so far died due to incessant rains in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours.
Seven people have died due to incessant rains in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours.
A father and his son were killed by an avalanche in Kargil district of the Ladakh region on Thursday.
A woman was killed by lightning in Rajouri district of Jammu region and a 10-year-old girl drowned in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
The girl's body was washed away by a roaring mountain stream. Rescue teams recovered the body two km away from the place where the girl had drowned, an official said.
An avalanche hit a post of the Indian Army in the Batalik sector of Ladakh region on Thursday burying five soldiers under it.
Two soldiers were rescued, while the rescue operation to locate the remaining three was unsuccessful as they were found dead on Friday.
Army used helicopters to rescue 17 people marooned in flash floods in Poonch district of Jammu region on Thursday.
Dozens of houses across the state have been partially damaged due to the flood and torrential rains.
Water has entered many villages in north Kashmir's Baramulla district where authorities have pressed in rescue teams with boats to help the marooned people.
In residential and commercial areas of Srinagar city including Maisuma, Karan Nagar, Bemina, Batmaloo, Wazir Bagh, Rajbagh, Mehjoor Nagar, Chanapora etc people complain that water had entered their homes.
More than two feet deep water logging was witnessed in Budshah Chowk, Jehangir Chowk and Regal Chowk areas of uptown Srinagar causing traffic jams.
Authorities have closed all schools and colleges in the Valley till Monday.
The MET office has forecast improvement in weather from Friday onwards.
(With agency inputs)
1. Dal Lake
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Kashmiri boatmen paddle a shikara across Dal Lake amid dense fog following rainfall in Srinagar on April 6, 2017.The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed after landslides on April 6, and schools in the Kashmir Valley have been closed until April 9, following rain and fresh snowfall.
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2. Waterlogged streets
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Vehicles make way through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Srinagar on Thursday.
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3. Gutted houses
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Indian Kashmiri women react near their gutted residential houses in the interiors of Dal lake in Srinagar on April 5, 2017.
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4. Over 30 houses destroyed
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About 30 residential houses and shanty structures were gutted in a devastating overnight fire.
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5. Srinagar
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Boatmen paddling their Shikaras amid snowfall at the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar on Thursday.
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6. Kashmiri shikara
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A Kashmiri boatman sits in a shikara on Dal Lake amid rainfall in Srinagar.
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7. Wading through the flooded streets
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A man carries a woman as he wades through a flooded street after incessant rains in Srinagar.
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8. Women console each other
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Woman consoling each other after a devastating fire gutted two double-storied houses and 17 huts belonging to fishermen at Kohnikhan in Dal Lake in Srinagar on Wednesday.
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9. Jammur-Srinagar highway
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Stranded passengers wait for the opening of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which is closed due to landslides, in Jammu on Wednesday.
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