Alert in Kashmir as Jhelum swells

<g data-gr-id="27">Flood</g> alert was sounded in Kashmir on Thursday as several parts of the Valley were inundated due to overflowing Jhelum and various streams and rivulets following incessant rains. Several bridges and roads have been washed away in south Kashmir with <g data-gr-id="13">Tral</g> area in Pulwama district bearing the brunt of the flash floods, officials said on Thursday. 

There were unconfirmed reports of some nomads being trapped in flood waters in the Chamgund area of Kulgam district. A flood alert was sounded for Anantnag and Pulwama districts after Jhelum breached the danger mark as heavy rainfall lashed the region. Jhelum was flowing at 27.15-ft, 4.15-ft above the danger mark, at Sangam at noon on Thursday, they said. In Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the river had risen to 20.70-ft, almost two feet above the danger mark, the officials added. The MeT department has predicted more rain over the next 48 hours, raising concerns in the valley which was hit by unprecedented floods in September last year.