Srinagar: Over 100 people were killed and 300 injured in flash floods triggered by a massive cloudburst that hit Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region, washing away several government buildings and houses, police said on Friday. A huge cloudburst struck the town around midnight Thursday, triggering flash floods and mud slides, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir zone) Farooq Ahmad said.
Text: IANS
Images: PTI
In Image: A damaged house after a flash flood triggered by a series of cloudbursts in Leh on August 6, 2010.
In Image: A damaged house after a flash flood triggered by a series of cloudbursts in Leh on August 6, 2010.
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