Tempers flare as mass flood evacuations begin in Kashmir

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An aerial view seen from an airplane shows the flooded Srinagar city

By Rupam Jain Nair NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Floods that have killed 450 people in India and Pakistan began to recede on Wednesday giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of villagers stranded by the heaviest rainfall in 50 years in the heavily militarised and disputed region of Kashmir. On the Indian side of the divided region, floods and landslides have cut off more than 1 million people from basic services, triggering a massive military rescue operation that has so far evacuated 80,000 from villages and city rooftops. …

Source: https://in.news.yahoo.com/rescuers-evacuate-thousands-kashmir-floods-recede-061722460.html

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