Kupwara July 23 (KNS): An elderly woman died after being swept away by gushing stream water, while flash floods wrecked havoc across several villagers following heavy rainfall in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday.
An official told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that flash floods triggered by heavy rains in peripheral areas of Kupwara caused damages to roads, crops and parked vehicles in areas like Batpora Hyhama, Zurhama and Kalaroos.
He said that a 52-year-old woman identified as Jana Begum slipped into the stream at Nagsari Kalaroos and was washed away by gushing waters.
"Despite best efforts of local residents and the police, she couldn't be rescued in time and her body was fished out from the stream later."
The official said that flash flood caused by heavy rainfall caused massive damages in Hyhama, Trumnard Batpora, Kanlibagh Batpora, Manigah and Khumriyal.
"Roads, culverts, crops were damaged and few parked vehicles got buried under the debris that came crushing downstream due to flash floods in Trumnard Batpora," he said.
He also said that due to landslides at Kachama, Keran road has been shut as precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident, however, all the major roads leading to Tanghdar, Machil are through.
Meanwhile, deputy commissioner Kupwara Ayushi Sudan visited Haihama and took stock of the situation.
Talking to KNS, she said that officials have been asked to ascertain the losses in the affected areas, while electricity and water supply is being restored on priority basis. (KNS)