22 Pictures Of The Worst Flooding To Hit Kashmir In Over A Century
BuzzFeed - Latest 2014-09-15
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A week of flooding in northern India and eastern Pakistan has left more than 400 people dead.
A week of fierce flooding in the Indian-administered state of Kashmir and parts of Pakistan has left more than 400 people dead, 150,000 stranded, and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed.
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Indian authorities are calling it the worst flooding in the politically-disputed region of Kashmir in over a century.
An aerial view of the flooded outskirts of Srinagar, in India-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 14, 2014. India and Pakistan dispute claim to the territory of Kashmir.
Adnan Abidi / Reuters
Over the weekend, flood waters in some areas of India-administered Kashmir began to recede for the first time since the monsoons began on Sept. 3.
Residents check the receding water levels of their neighborhood in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Sept. 14.
AP Photo/Dar Yasin
But on Monday, Indian emergency workers warned that the region was now at risk for waterborne diseases like cholera, which could spread fast in the fetid water still filling the Kashmir Valley.
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