On Sunday, August 17, 2025, officials reported that a cloudburst struck a remote village in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing seven people and injuring six others. They stated that the cloudburst struck Rajbagh's Jod Ghati village on Saturday, August 16, and Sunday, August 17, cutting off access to the village and causing some damage to land and property. On Sunday, August 17, 2025, a number of flash floods occurred in the Panarsa, Takoli, and Nagwain areas of the Mandi district along the Mandi-Kullu section of the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway. The highway's connectivity has been severely disrupted at a number of points, making it difficult for vehicles to move. According to civic officials, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted the possibility of heavy to very heavy showers with occasional gusty winds in the city and suburbs on Sunday, August 17, 2025, a day after rains battered parts of Mumbai. Landslides and cloudbursts in Kathua A cloudburst struck a remote village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving four persons dead and six others injured, officials said on Sunday (August 17, 2025).
They claimed that the cloudburst struck Rajbagh's Jod Ghati village on Saturday and Sunday, cutting off access to the area and causing some damage to land and property. A joint police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team has arrived at the scene and joined the local volunteers after a frantic effort. In Kathua, J&K, a cloudburst killed four people. In the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, overnight rains cause flooding, prompting authorities to issue safety warnings.
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