STORY: Flash floods and landslides in Pakistan’s northwest have killed more than 300 people after days of heavy monsoon rains.Homes, roads, and bridges were swept away as an intense downpour struck the hilly region,

By Saeed Shah, Rajendra Jadhav and Shilpa JamkhandikarISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Massive, sudden downpours of rain known as cloudbursts have struck Pakistan and India during this monsoon season, killing hundreds of people in the flash floods and landslides they have triggered.

After intense spells of rain in Jammu and Kashmir, the body of a woman was recovered in the cloudburst-hit Kishtwar district. A few hours later, authorities also recovered the body of an eight-year-old girl,

Chisoti (JK): The body of a woman was recovered in the cloudburst-hit village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, taking the death toll to 64, officials said, as the extensive rescue and relief operation entered the sixth day on Tuesday.

In Jammu division, IMD has issued an orange alert and forecast isolated thunderstorm or lightning with strong winds, along with landslides and flash floods at vulnerable places. Read on:

When massive boulders, giant conifer trees from mountains came crashing down with mounds of slush, it flattened the yatra base camp at Chisoti in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar and reduces most of the village into rubble.

In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after ma

A cloudburst hit a remote village in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district post midnight on Tuesday, sweeping away roads and bridges. The incident occurred at approximately 3:00 AM in the Lag Valley, triggering widespread panic among the villagers. No casualties have been reported in the incident.

In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani village following a cloudburst.

The calamity reportedly took place in the remote Lagghati region of Kullu at around 1.30 am. No casualties have been reported yet in the incident.