Jammu:
Ten people have died and scores were displaced following incessant rains and flash floods in the Jammu region, an official said on Thursday.
The dead include four children, a senior administrative officer told IANS.
"Six were killed in house collapse accidents and four were washed away by swollen streams in Gool and Mahore areas of Jammu region," the official said.
He said 24 people trapped by swollen rivers have been rescued while 200 families have been shifted to safer places in Poonch and Rajouri districts.
Incessant rains for the last two days have resulted in rivers and streams overflowing in Jammu region, damaging roads, bridges, railway tracks, houses and government properties.
The Jammu-Udhampur rail link was closed on Thursday because of landslides.
The Srinagar-Jammu highway was also closed because of landslides at several places on the highway that forms the landlocked Valley's only road link with the rest of the country.
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Met office has forecast light to moderate rain at many places in Jammu region on Thursday, warning that a heavy downpour could also occur at some places.