At least 13 pilgrims were killed, several injured and over 50 went missing after a cloudburst in the Amarnath cave shrine area triggered flash floods on Friday.
NEW DELHI, July 9: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir were due to a highly localised rain event and not due to a cloudburst. According to weather scientists, the shrine reported 31 mm of rainfall between 4.30 pm and 6.30 pm on Friday, which is quite low to be categorised as a cloudburst. “The flash floods could have been triggered due to rainfall in the higher […]