SRINAGAR, India: At least 34 people died and more than 200 were missing following sudden, heavy rain in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said on Thursday, the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week. The incident occurred in Chasoti town of Kishtwar district, a stopover point on a popular pilgrimage route. It comes a little over a week after a heavy flood and mudslide engulfed an entire village in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Massive cloudburst hits Chasoti village en route to shrine, prompting rescue operations; officials fear 10 casualties.

The disaster comes a little over a week after a heavy flood and mudslide engulfed an entire village in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.