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Business News/ Photos / Kashmir fears another flood fury, as incessant rains wreck havoc

Kashmir fears another flood fury, as incessant rains wreck havoc

It has been just seven months since floods devastated Kashmir valley. Once again unseasonal rains are threatening to create havoc. As landslides buried 10 people on Sunday, hundreds fled their homes after Jhelum river began to swell.

A woman is carried on a wooden plank to a safer place from her partially submerged house after incessant rains hit Srinagar on 30 March, 2015. Reuters

1/6A woman is carried on a wooden plank to a safer place from her partially submerged house after incessant rains hit Srinagar on 30 March, 2015. Reuters

Houses partially submerged in flood waters in Srinagar. The region was placed under an emergency flood alert just six months after some 600 people died in flooding that left the region in shambles. AP

2/6Houses partially submerged in flood waters in Srinagar. The region was placed under an emergency flood alert just six months after some 600 people died in flooding that left the region in shambles. AP

Vehicles pass through a submerged bridge in a flooded Larkipora area in Anantnag, on Sunday. Weather forecasts are for a further downpour in the region, raising fears of more damage. PTI

3/6Vehicles pass through a submerged bridge in a flooded Larkipora area in Anantnag, on Sunday. Weather forecasts are for a further downpour in the region, raising fears of more damage. PTI

People look on as water flows from a broken embankment of a stream after incessant rains in Srinagar. The water level in rivers, streams and lakes in Kashmir has risen in the last 36 hours. Reuters

4/6People look on as water flows from a broken embankment of a stream after incessant rains in Srinagar. The water level in rivers, streams and lakes in Kashmir has risen in the last 36 hours. Reuters

Flooded roads in Pulwama district after it received heavy rainfall on Sunday. PTI

5/6Flooded roads in Pulwama district after it received heavy rainfall on Sunday. PTI

Men remove water from a water-logged shop after heavy rains in Srinagar on Saturday. Reuters

6/6Men remove water from a water-logged shop after heavy rains in Srinagar on Saturday. Reuters

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