Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
112 people killed in flash floods in Leh; 500 missing
STAFF WRITER 21:28 HRS IST
Leh, Aug 6 (PTI) Over 110 people were killed and a few hundred more are feared washed away in a cloudburst followed by torrential rains and flash floods that devastated this Himalayan town in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir early this morning.
Eyewitness accounts and other sources fear that the death toll could cross over 500 as several far flung villages were yet to be accessed by rescue teams in this high-altitude terrain.
"We have recovered 112 bodies so far and at least 370 are injured. The number of missing is yet to be ascertained," State Police Chief Kuldeep Khoda said and added that the toll may go up.
A contractor told senior state administration officials that 150 of his labourers were missing from Shyong village where he had lodged them.
http://ptinews.com/news/851993_112-people-killed-in-flash-floods-in-Leh--500-missing
STAFF WRITER 21:28 HRS IST
Leh, Aug 6 (PTI) Over 110 people were killed and a few hundred more are feared washed away in a cloudburst followed by torrential rains and flash floods that devastated this Himalayan town in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir early this morning.
Eyewitness accounts and other sources fear that the death toll could cross over 500 as several far flung villages were yet to be accessed by rescue teams in this high-altitude terrain.
"We have recovered 112 bodies so far and at least 370 are injured. The number of missing is yet to be ascertained," State Police Chief Kuldeep Khoda said and added that the toll may go up.
A contractor told senior state administration officials that 150 of his labourers were missing from Shyong village where he had lodged them.
http://ptinews.com/news/851993_112-people-killed-in-flash-floods-in-Leh--500-missing