{"id":4886,"date":"2026-08-03T15:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:46:15","slug":"cloudbursts-trigger-flash-floods-across-kashmir-woman-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=4886","title":{"rendered":"Cloudbursts Trigger Flash Floods Across Kashmir, Woman Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kashmir, Observer, Jammu, Srinagar, Latest Kashmir News, Kashmir News, Kashmir Latest News<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flash-Floods-Shopian-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudbursts Trigger Flash Floods Across Kashmir, Woman Killed\" class=\"wp-image-331005\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cloudbursts Trigger Flash Floods Across Kashmir, Woman Killed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Srinagar<\/strong>&#8211; A woman died after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in north Kashmir\u2019s Kupwara district on Monday, while similar weather events in Anantnag and Shopian disrupted normal life and prompted evacuation and rescue operations, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deceased, identified as Naseema Begum, wife of Mohammad Ayub and a resident of Warnow, died after a sudden surge of water in Himli area of Lolab, police said. Her body was recovered following a search operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In south Kashmir, a cloudburst struck Batkoot area of Pahalgam in Anantnag district, triggering flash floods and causing panic among residents and tourists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flooding blocked the Aishmuqam-Pahalgam road at Langnai Bridge, while the bridge at Langnai Batkoot was damaged by strong water currents, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Shopian, cloudbursts in the upper reaches triggered flash floods in Zavora, Budherhama and Kijarsinda areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDRF rescue team evacuated around 80 people, including schoolchildren and staff, to safer locations, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No loss of life or property has been reported from Shopian so far and damage assessment is underway, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, heavy rains caused damage at the Nunwan Base Camp in Pahalgam, where a rear concrete brick wall collapsed, allowing water to enter the camp and damage tents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No injuries were reported and the situation at the base camp is under control, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have deployed teams to monitor the affected areas and assess the damage. Residents and travellers have been advised to avoid vulnerable locations until the situation improves.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2026\/08\/03\/cloudbursts-trigger-flash-floods-across-kashmir-woman-killed\/\">Cloudbursts Trigger Flash Floods Across Kashmir, Woman Killed<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\">Kashmir Observer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2026\/08\/03\/cloudbursts-trigger-flash-floods-across-kashmir-woman-killed\/' target='_blank'>Read the original article on kashmirobserver.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kashmir, Observer, Jammu, Srinagar, Latest Kashmir News, Kashmir News, Kashmir Latest News Cloudbursts Trigger Flash Floods Across Kashmir, Woman Killed Srinagar&#8211; A woman died after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in north Kashmir\u2019s Kupwara district on Monday, while similar weather events in Anantnag and Shopian disrupted normal life and prompted evacuation and rescue operations, officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important","category-indian-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}