Landslides, flash floods wreak havoc in J&K

Landslides shut Jammu-Srinagar highway. Flash floods claim lives, destroy homes, and force wedding processions to walk for kilometres.

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00:00In Jammu and Kashmir, a groom named Mashkoor walked into his own wedding on April 2022-2025,

00:10not by choice, but because nature left him no other way.

00:21Heavy rainfall triggered massive landslides, shotting down the Jammu-Shrinagar National Highway.

00:26Mashkoor and his wedding procession walked several kilometers to reach the bride's home.

00:31He said that they'll bring her back the same way because the roads were still buried under debris.

00:36It was a weekend of destruction in JNK.

00:38On April 21, cloudbursts led to flash floods and landslides, especially in Ramban District, the worst affected.

00:47Key stretches of NH44 like Panthial and Maroob caved in.

00:52Eyewitnesses reported that three vehicles plunged down a slope after a road collapse.

00:56Several trucks, including those carrying livestock, were buried under rubble.

01:1114-year-old Mohammed Aakeb Ahmed and his 12-year-old brother Mohammed Saakeb Ahmed

01:16were killed when their house collapsed in a flash flood.

01:19Their bodies were recovered by villagers.

01:2075-year-old Mani Ram also lost his life when his home caved in.

01:25Tragically, three people died in Bagna village during the early hours of April 20.

01:30Rescue teams from SDRF and NDRF were working around the clock.

01:34More than 100 people were rescued from Dharamkund and moved to safer locations,

01:38even as the weather continues to obstruct relief efforts.

01:41But it's not just Jammu and Kashmir.

01:43Extreme weather patterns were gripping the country.

01:45In parts of South India, untimely and intense rains created cures in the first week of April.

01:51On 3rd April, two farmers were electrocuted to death in Nagarkurnul during a rainstorm.

01:56Infrastructure damage, crop loss and flash floods were being reported from several states.

02:01From weddings turned into treks to lives lost under crumbled homes,

02:05India was witnessing the harsh reality of unpredictable and extreme weather.

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