Cloudburst triggers flash flood in J&K's Doda district, schools shut

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A cloudburst in J&K’s Doda district on Tuesday triggered flash floods, damaging over 10 houses, officials said. The weather department has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Jammu region districts, including Kathua, Samba, Doda, Ramban, Kishtwar, and Jammu. Authorities confirmed no casualties so far.

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00:00All right, we cut across to some breaking news coming in.

00:03Scary cloudburst that has been reported in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda.

00:30Cutting across to Meir Farid, joining us on the phone line as we stay with these pictures.

00:49Meir, the situation looks really bad.

01:00Meir Farid, are you able to hear me?

01:02What more can you tell us on what is happening on the ground?

01:16All right, given the situation there, it is apparent that the network is fluctuating

01:21and difficult for Meir Farid to be able to establish that connection.

01:25We'll try and fix the line.

01:28In the meanwhile, we stay with those pictures.

01:30It is certainly not looking good for the locals.

01:32A scary cloudburst that has been reported in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda.

01:36Those are the pictures on your screens of the floods that triggered this massive cloudburst.

01:41There you see several low-lying areas that are completely submerged under the water

01:45and the current that is literally taking away with it, whatever comes in front of it.

01:52Several areas, villages that have been washed away and many of them who have also been asked

01:59to evacuate.

02:00There you see the weather conditions that are certainly not adding and making it rather difficult

02:09when it comes to the rescue operations.

02:11Heavy rains that triggered this cloudburst in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir and we are yet to

02:29know whether any casualties have been reported so far but certainly for a fact that people

02:35are in a fix, some who may also be under the debris and that is something we are trying

02:41to find out from the authorities.

02:43There you see rescue operations have already begun and the authorities that are trying to

02:48take control of the situation.

02:50In fact, the weather conditions that are rather adding further trouble as far as these rescue

03:00operations are concerned and the rains that have lashed several of these regions.

03:07This scary cloudburst that has caused water currents so strong that there you see locals who are

03:19indoors and some of them who are finding it very difficult even when it comes to evacuation.

03:27Meer Pareed, I believe is back with us.

03:29Meer, if you are able to hear me, please give us a sense of what's happening on the ground,

03:34whether the rescue operations have begun, any casualties have been reported, what is happening there?

03:41Well, a lot of damage to property but thankfully as of now we are not hearing of any casualties

03:46but things are on the edge in many ways because the situation is bad, it's raining incessantly

03:54across Jammu and Kashmir and especially if you talk of the Jammu region, rains have been

03:59relentless non-stop. Flash floods are triggered by cloudbursts are happening and especially the

04:05mountainous bells, the people living there are in trouble because the cloudbursts, the flash floods

04:10are coming through these areas and damaging property. Already flood alert at various levels,

04:16major rivers are flowing above the danger mark and non-stop advisories from the authorities,

04:22from the government to the local, to the people living in low-lying areas and to the people living in

04:28higher reaches to be very cautious, adhere to government advisories and remain alert. So right

04:34now also I can tell you it's raining across Jammu and Kashmir and in Doda, especially in the Gando area,

04:40there has been damage to property because of flash floods but authorities trying their best to reach

04:46out to people. So far, as I said, no casualties but as I said, things bad and MET, IMD has predicted more

04:54heavy rainfall by at least next to L.A. across Jammu and Kashmir. Back to you.

05:00Alright Mir, many thanks for getting us the latest. Of course, we'll keep coming back to you for further

05:04updates. The situation not looking good and the locals who are also struggling between what is happening

05:12on the ground, massive damage to property as you've said but thankfully no casualties have been reported

05:17so far. We are hoping the situation remains as is.

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