Flash Floods Hit Udhampur District: Families Evacuated as Heavy Rains Continue Across J&K

Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall struck the Barkuanda area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district early Friday morning, damaging several homes and forcing emergency evacuations, officials confirmed.

As a precautionary measure, the district administration reportedly moved three affected families to safety at the local Government Middle School in Barkuanda. While no casualties have been reported so far, authorities have initiated a comprehensive damage assessment to evaluate the impact of the floods and triggered landslides in the region.

Crop Damage Reported in Basantgarh

The deluge also caused significant disruption in Kadwah village, located in the Basantgarh tehsil. Overflowing waters swept through the village, damaging residential structures and flattening standing maize crops as per reports.

Disaster response personnel successfully managed to divert the floodwaters into an alternative channel, successfully preventing further structural damage to nearby homes and agricultural land.

River Levels Rise Near Danger Marks

Monitoring stations report that the Tawi River at Udhampur remains below the critical threshold. Latest measurements reportedly show the river flowing at 12.655 feet, safely under the 15-foot alert mark. However, conditions downstream remain tense, as the water level in the Chenab River at Akhnoor has once again breached the flood alert level following five straight days of heavy rainfall across the state.