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[News5] Hundreds of thousands still stranded by killer Kashmir floods http://goo.gl/fb/FStupE

SRINAGAR – Rescuers struggled to reach more than 200,000 people still stranded Saturday in Indian Kashmir as deadly floodwaters receded, revealing horrific devastation in the Himalayan region including neighbouring Pakistan, officials said.

A smell of death hung in the air as animal carcasses lay in the roads of Indian Kashmir’s normally scenic main city of Srinagar, a top tourist draw, that one top official said had been “drowned completely” by the worst floods in over a century.

“This in not a flood, this is a tsunami,” Mehraj-Ud-Din Shah, Indian Kashmir State Disaster Response Force chief, told AFP by phone from Srinagar on Saturday.

“There’s a stench everywhere as animals have died and their bodies are floating around,” fuelling concern about the spread of water-borne disease, Shah said.

The floods and landslides from days of heavy monsoon rains have now claimed at least 480 lives in Pakistan and India.

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‏@ammarawrites

“@ZaaraAbbasKhar Thousands stranded & hungry in Kashmir & Punjab’s worst flooding in 50 yrs. http://reut.rs/YE5PqN pic.twitter.com/D4Eq3Od9V6“

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‏@Raheodisha

Kashmir needs help.@RedCross @BBCWorld pic.twitter.com/B0dKLwycqn

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‏@timesofindia

Water levels rising in north Kashmir, Omar Abdullah says ‘this is a matter of concern’ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Water-levels-rising-in-north-Kashmir-Omar-Abdullah-says-this-is-a-matter-of-concern/articleshow/42396854.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOIIndiaNews …

Times of India

Water levels rising in north Kashmir, Omar Abdullah says ‘this is a…

The J&K CM also said that as per the figures available with him, 129 people had died in Jammu region whereas 30-35 people were found dead in Kashmir valley so far.

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‏@Ramprasadjetty

Pelting stones on resque operation choppers shows: “…things are returning to ‘normal’ in Srinagar/Kashmir“!! pic.twitter.com/hCZrNeNDm7

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‏@IndianExpress

Security forces hard-hit by Kashmir floods http://iexp.in/vWK111444 pic.twitter.com/81YTQ3t9OG

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NST

Last batch of Malaysians in Jammu & Kashmir to be air lifted today

13 September 2014 @ 6:44 PM

NEW DELHI: The last batch of Malaysians stranded in the flood-hit Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir will be air lifted today to Srinagar Airport, and later flown to New Delhi.

“The 16 Malaysian tourists in Srinagar have been transported to the governor’s residence by an army truck. They will be airlifted to the airport and flown to New Delhi today,” Malaysia’s Consul General in Chennai, Chitra Devi Ramiah told Bernama.

She said they are the last batch of Malaysians who reported to the Malaysian High Commission their predicament in the crisis hit state.

Chitra said Malaysia Airlines was also helping them to reschedule their flight tickets to accommodate their travel back to Malaysia.

“The Indian government, especially the authorities in Chennai, Tamil Nadu has helped a lot in expediting the process of bringing the Malaysians out from the danger zone,” she added.

A total of 59 Malaysians were stranded in the Himalayan region, which is currently going through the worse flood in the last 60 years. It has so far claimed more than 250 lives. – BERNAMA

http://www.nst.com.my/node/33013

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