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Flash floods kill at least 50 in Indian Kashmir

A sudden overnight downpour and flash floods killed at least 50 people and injured 160 in the remote and mountainous Ladakh region of Indian Kashmir, police and the army said today.

Flash floods kill at least 50 in Indian Kashmir

Fri, 06 Aug, 2010 - 08:41

A sudden overnight downpour and flash floods killed at least 50 people and injured 160 in the remote and mountainous Ladakh region of Indian Kashmir, police and the army said today.

The flooding also damaged telephone towers and the region’s airport, army spokesman Lt Col JS Brar said in Srinagar.

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