(5 Sep 2025)
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Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 4 September 2025
1. Various of Kashmiri men watch as flood waters enter a neighborhood
2. Close of a house partially submerged
3. Wide of houses submerged as flood water enters neighborhood
4. Close of people on top of a house
5. SOUNDBITE (Kashmiri) Bashir Ahmed Bhat, Srinagar resident:
“The floodwaters have destroyed our paddy fields and cattle. Our belongings and whatever was left are gone. We are just trying to save of lives.”
6. Various of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescuing people
7. Various of SDRF boat in flood waters
8. Wide of a family on SDRF boat after being rescued, emergency service workers paddling
9. SDRF official carrying a girl off the boat
10. Wide of a man wading through flood waters
11. Man being rescued by SDRF, climbing onboard
12. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Ayoub, SDRF official:
“At this location, we rescued about 12 people, including four children. We also rescued a cow from this neighborhood.”
13. Various of businesses and buildings partially submerged
14. Various of a SDRF boat heading to a rescue location
STORYLINE:
Floodwaters entered many residential areas on the outskirts of Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Thursday after a breach of the Jhelum river embankment.
Thousands of people were evacuated from low lying areas, officials said.
Relentless monsoon rains have unleashed some of the worst flooding and landslides in decades across northern India, displacing hundreds of thousands in recent weeks and destroying crops and livestock.
“Our belongings and whatever was left are gone. We are just trying to save of lives,” said Bashir Ahmed Bhat, a Srinagar resident.
Rescue teams from the national and state disaster response forces were deployed to rescue those stranded in low-lying areas and from homes affected by floods.
India’s Himalayan Mountain states and territories such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, as well as Punjab state, are among the worst affected.
The Kashmir valley has been facing disruptions in transport links, with the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway closed for traffic after intense rains.
Experts say human-caused climate change is intensifying South Asia’s monsoons, which traditionally run from June to September and again from October to December.
The rains, once predictable, now arrive in erratic bursts that dump extreme amounts of water in short periods, followed by dry spells.
AP video by Mehraj Ud Din
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