Partly cloudy weather with rain, winds and thundershowers is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Islamabad, Potohar region, North-East Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan. Isolated heavyfalls are also expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pothohar region and Kashmir.

Torrential rain struck Chisoti, a town in Kishtwar district in Indian-administered Kashmir, on Thursday morning.

Follow the rain-related updates from Mumbai, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and other parts of the country in The Hindu live blog on August 17, 2025.

Entire villages were swept away as torrential rain caused deadly flash floods and landslides in India-controlled Kashmir and northern Pakistan. Dramatic video shows the devastation in the neighboring countries as the death toll is expected to rise.

Hundreds more were missing, many of them Hindu pilgrims, after a cloudburst triggered flooding in mountainous terrain.

A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country’s northwest has risen to 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses. Mohammad Suhail, a spokesman for the emergency service,

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries.