A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district has killed at least four people and left six others injured, just days after a similar disaster in Kishtwar claimed more than 60 lives.

Cloudburst hits Jod Ghati village in Kathua. Four deaths and six injuries reported. Landslides affect nearby areas with no major damage

Several houses were buried under rubble and floodwaters in the Ghati area, officials said. Damage was also reported on the Jammu–Pathankot National Highway. Rescue teams are at the spot.

Chositi, located about 90 kilometres from Kishtwar town, was among the worst-hit areas in the cloudburst disaster. A community kitchen crowded with devotees took the direct impact, as flash floods triggered by the cloudburst swept away multiple structures.

Watch harrowing live videos of the Kishtwar cloudburst and flash floods that have killed 60, injured 100+, and left many missing, devastating Machail Mata Yatra pilgrims.

Explosives were used to blast giant boulders hampering the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the disaster-hit Chisoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on the third day on Saturday,

Calling it a criminal negligence, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Tarigami, who is the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly’s environment committee, has asked why precautions were not taken when the meteorological department had warned of rainfall and cloudbursts.

More than 32 hours after a devastating cloudburst struck Chosoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, over 100 people — mostly Machail Mata Yatra pilgrims — remain missing.

At least 52 people have died and over 200 are missing after a massive cloudburst struck Chashoti village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. NDTV reports from the ground reveal eyewitness accounts describing the harrowing moment the cloudburst hit and the devastating aftermath.