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Stranded pilgrims are helped across a water channel using a makeshift bridge a day after flash floods in Chositi village, Kishtwar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, 15.08.2025

Video. Over 200 dead as flash floods devastate India and Pakistan

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Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 200 people in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, with scores still missing, officials said.

In India-controlled Kashmir, at least 60 people died and 80 remain unaccounted for after a cloudburst struck Chositi village, sweeping away homes and suspending a major Hindu pilgrimage.

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In Pakistan, 164 people were killed, including 78 in Buner district, while a relief helicopter crashed in bad weather, killing all five on board.

Rescuers evacuated around 1,600 stranded people from flood-hit mountainous districts in both countries.

Officials warn that more heavy rain could worsen conditions in the already devastated Himalayan and northern regions.

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