When buckets of water pour from the sky


Villagers walking on a road damaged by flash floods after a cloudburst. — AP

MOHAMMED Aslam was working in his kitchen garden when he heard his fellow villagers shouting that water was coming from the nearby foothills in southern Kulgam area in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Within moments, the farmer said, mud and muck from gushing water swept through the village, damaging scores of homes.

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