MET issues advisory for continuous rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir amid sharp rise in water levels
A bridge on the Sahar Khad River near the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Jammu and Kathua of Kashmir (JK) was damaged after the river began to flow due to the continuous rains in the region.
Continuous rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir triggered the flash floods in some parts of the Jammu region, led to a sharp increase in several rivers and rivers water levels.
Text consultancy for continuous rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir
Meteorology Department (MET) issued a advisor on the subject. “Intensive/heavy rain/thunder in the scattered places and the possibility of thunder and thunder 26 south Kmr JMU Div and Middle to Severe Rain in the isolated places extremely heavy rain, water bodies/loose filtration, thirst/river humbleness to stay away from the Divans.
Jammu and Kashmir Air Update
A bridge on the Sahar Khad River near the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Jammu and Kathua of Kashmir (JK) was damaged after the river began to flow due to the continuous rains in the region.
The incident broke the traffic on the highway, an important arterial road. Local government teams closely monitor the situation. The Jammu region has been experiencing intensive monsoon shower for the last few days, causing swelling of rivers, triggering landslides and breaking normal life in low and rugged areas.
Previously, seven people were killed and 11 people were injured in a cloud explosion that hit the Kathua area in Jammu & Kashmir on 17 August. Ani Tufan triggered great landslides and floods, and damaged the loss of tragic life and infrastructure. In response to urgently, with an engineer detachment, Army aid columns immediately moved to the worst affected areas of Jhor Khad and Bagra villages.
On August 14, a cloud explosion during Machail Mat Yatra led to flash floods that killed at least 55 people in Kishtwar. After the incident, Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Omar Abdullah said that everyone who survived on August 19 could be impossible to find. He said the disaster was due to a cloud explosion instead of a violation of the glacier lakes.
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