More than three dozen people are dead after a cloudburst triggered a flash flood in Kashmir and other nearby areas.

Rescue operation in the region is underway as teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and J&K's SDRF along with Indian Army, and local police are carrying out the operation. Read on:

Across Pakistan, monsoon rains that began in late June have been heavier than usual, killing at least 645 people. Four hundred of those deaths were in the northwest alone, where narrow valleys and river-carved gorges funnel rainwater into sudden torrents.

At least 32 people have been killed in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a disaster management official has said. Mohammed Irshad said on Thursday that rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village of Chositi brought at least 100 people to safety.

SRINAGAR, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Indian Kashmir used shovels and earthmovers to search for survivors under boulders and debris on Friday, a day after sudden floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 60 people and left 200 others missing.

The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that at least 194 people died on Friday.