A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district has killed at least four people and left six others injured, just days after a similar disaster in Kishtwar claimed more than 60 lives.

Chositi, located about 90 kilometres from Kishtwar town, was among the worst-hit areas in the cloudburst disaster. A community kitchen crowded with devotees took the direct impact, as flash floods triggered by the cloudburst swept away multiple structures.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah, who reached Kishtwar via the Sinthan Pass on Friday evening, travelled by road to the affected village early Saturday morning.

Several houses were buried under rubble and floodwaters in the Ghati area, officials said. Damage was also reported on the Jammu–Pathankot National Highway. Rescue teams are at the spot.

Cloudburst hits Jod Ghati village in Kathua. Four deaths and six injuries reported. Landslides affect nearby areas with no major damage

The incident took place during the Machail Mata pilgrimage, for which Chositi is the last area where yatris can park their vehicles before resuming their journey on foot.

Large-scale rescue and relief efforts have commenced following the massive cloudburst in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday, which resulted in the death of at least

More than 32 hours after a devastating cloudburst struck Chosoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, over 100 people — mostly Machail Mata Yatra pilgrims — remain missing.

Houses are damaged after a cloudburst as visuals appear. (Image: PTI) J&K cloudburst Highlights: Jammu and Kashmir experienced a cloudburst incident on Friday, August 14, in the Chositi area of the valley.

Flash floods in Kishtwar caused damage to at least 16 residential houses and government buildings, three temples, four water mills, a 30-meter-long bridge.