Commuters ride along a street during rainfall in Ahmedabad on July 18, 2026. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)
Srinagar, India: Flash floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains killed at least 19 people in India on Sunday, officials and local media said, as authorities mounted rescue operations in affected regions.
Eight people were killed in the northeastern state of Nagaland, next to Myanmar, while 11 others died in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
"We have recovered four of the eight bodies, and rescue work is ongoing," Wennyei Konyak, district magistrate of Nagaland's Mon district, told AFP.
At least 15 others were injured, he said.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah "expressed profound anguish over the massive flash flood in Rajouri" in the Jammu region of the territory, his office said in a statement.
The flood "has caused extensive damage to public and private property, including the bus stand, and disrupted countless lives," his office added.
Indian broadcaster NDTV said at least 11 people died and "several others went missing" in Jammu.
Army personnel and state emergency responders rescued 11 people, including five children, in Jammu's Rajouri district, the army said.
The India Meteorological Department warned Sunday of the potential for "extremely heavy rainfall" in Jammu and Kashmir over the next two days.
Officials also announced the "temporary suspension" of annual Hindu Amarnath pilgrimage in the Kashmir region.
The pilgrimage was suspended "in the interest of the safety and well-being of all" pilgrims, the local government said in a statement on Sunday.
It "will resume only after weather conditions improve and the routes are declared safe," it added.
