In Photos: Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Jammu & Kashmir
Torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides across parts of Jammu and Kashmir, damaging homes, roads and infrastructure while disrupting normal life. This photo gallery captures the scale of the devastation, rescue operations, stranded residents, and the relentless impact of extreme weather on the region
People watch the swollen Mendhar river flowing above the danger level following heavy rains, in Mendhar, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Vehicles are washed away after flash floods caused by incessant overnight rainfall, in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Mud, debris and damaged household items are strewn outside a residential building after flash floods caused by incessant overnight rainfall, in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Floodwaters flow over a road after flash floods caused by incessant overnight rainfall, in Mendhar, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Vehicles halted at Chanderkoot Yatri Niwas after Amarnath Yatra was temporarily suspended from both the Pahalgam and Baltal routes in view of the Meteorological department's forecast of widespread rainfall over the next few days, in Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Rescue personnel conduct a rescue operation to rescue two men stranded in a river after flash floods caused by incessant overnight rainfall, in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Residents gather in the aftermath of torrential rain-triggered landslides and flash floods, at Dhara Sangla village of Surankote tehsil, in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Residents gather in the aftermath of torrential rain-triggered landslides and flash floods, at Dhara Sangla village of Surankote tehsil, in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. At least 12 people were killed and several others missing as rains unleashed landslides and flash floods across the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the union territory on Sunday, causing widespread damage to public and private infrastructure including roads and houses, officials said. | Photo: PTI
Houses are seen damaged in the aftermath of torrential rain-triggered landslides and flash floods, in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Vehicles damaged after boulders and debris from a rockfall struck the Raggi Nallah stretch on the Doda-Batote National Highway, in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Photo: PTI
SDRF personnel and locals gather at the site where a landslide triggered falling boulders that struck vehicles at Raggi Nallah on National Highway-244, in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Photo: PTI
A shopkeeper removes rainwater from his shop after heavy rainfall in Srinagar Monday, July 20, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan