Sep 10, 2014
Days of heavy monsoon rain in northern Pakistan and
the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir have brought some of
the worst flooding the region has seen in 60 years. More than 450
deaths have been reported and the scale of the disaster is straining
rescue efforts. Hundreds of thousands remain trapped as the armed forces
of both Pakistan and India ramp up relief and evacuation operations.
[34 photos]
A temple stands amid the waters of the overflowing river Tawi during
heavy rains in Jammu on September 6, 2014. Authorities declared a
disaster alert in the northern region after heavy rain hit villages
across the Kashmir valley, causing the worst flooding in decades. (Reuters/Mukesh Gupta) 
An Indian Kashmiri man uses a rope to cross swift-moving floodwater in
Srinagar on September 9, 2014. Bewildered families, nursing children and
clutching meager belongings, packed into makeshift relief centers after
fleeing floods in India and Pakistan that have now claimed more than
400 lives. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images) #
An aerial view shows buildings partially submerged in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on September 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
A girl pauses and watches a photographer as her family members salvage
items from their temporary tent after flooding in Srinagar, India, on
September 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
Indian residents look toward threatened houses as waters from the
overflowing Tawi river rage past in Jammu on September 6, 2014.
(AFP/Getty Images) #
A Kashmiri flood victim loses his balance on his makeshift boat after
he was hit by a wave as he tried to travel to a safer place in Srinagar
on September 7, 2014.
(Reuters/Danish Ismail) #
Kashmiri residents struggle to withstand sudden and strong water
currents while wading through floodwaters in their efforts to move to
safer places in Srinagar, India, on September 4, 2014.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
Floodwaters engulf temples in Jammu, India, on September 6, 2014.
(AP Photo/Channi Anand) #
Kashmiris hang on to a tree to prevent being swept away by floodwaters in Srinagar on September 9, 2014.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
Kashmiri residents carrying a goat wade through floodwaters in Srinagar
on September 4, 2014. At least 100 villages across the Kashmir valley
were flooded by overflowing lakes and rivers, in the worst flooding in
years.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
A mosque sits partially submerged by floodwaters after heavy rain in Wazirabad, located in Gujranwala, on September 7, 2014.
(Reuters/Mani Rana) #
A flood victim walks through the door frame of his damaged house, after
heavy rain in Wazirabad, located in Gujranwala, on September 7, 2014.
(Reuters/Mani Rana) #
A Pakistani child looks on as his family cleans their home following flooding in Rawalpindi on September 6, 2014.
(Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images) #
An aerial view of a damaged bridge across the River Tawi at Mandal
village on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on September 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Channi Anand) #
Kashmiri residents climb on the roof of a house as a raft approaches to
assist during floods in the outskirts of Srinagar on September 4, 2014.
(Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images) #
Pakistani residents use a boat to rescue flood-affected residents at
Jalalpur Bhattian in the Hafizabad district of Punjab province on
September 8, 2014.
(Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) #
Kashmiri volunteers evacuate a child from a flooded area in Srinagar on September 6, 2014.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
Locals affected by the flood jostle for free food, distributed by a
charity organization in Jafar Kot near Wazirabad, some 100 kilometers
(65 miles) north of Lahore, Pakistan, on September 7, 2014.
(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) #
People stand on the rooftop of their flooded houses caused by heavy
rains on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 5, 2014.
(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) #
A truck evacuating Kashmiri flood victims to higher ground travels through a flooded street in Srinagar on September 10, 2014.
(Reuters/Adnan Abidi) #
An Indian Kashmiri man makes his way along a rope across floodwaters in Srinagar on September 9, 2014.
(Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images) #
Kashmiri people hold a man as he falls from a tractor evacuating flood
victims to higher ground, as they move through a flooded street in
Srinagar on September 9, 2014.
(Reuters/Adnan Abidi) #
A dog stands on a wall of a flooded house following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province, on September 10, 2014.
(Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #
Local volunteers ferry floods victims to safety in Srinagar, India, on September 9, 2014.
(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) #
Pakistani villager Arshad Bibi cries while waiting for a boat to
evacuate flood victims along the Chenab River, in Jhang, Pakistan, on
September 10, 2014. Thousands of people fled their homes in Pakistan on
Wednesday as monsoon flooding that has already inundated the disputed
Himalayan region of Kashmir coursed down onto the plains, causing the
Chenab River to breach its banks.
(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) #
A Pakistani villager surveys his partially damaged and flooded house in
a suburb of Jhang district, 260 kilometers (161 miles) northwest of
Lahore, Pakistan, on September 10, 2014.
(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) #
An Indian tourist is airlifted from the roof of a of a five-story
hotel, four of which are submerged in floodwater, in Srinagar, on
September 9, 2014.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
An Indian tourist cries as she is airlifted into a chopper in Srinagar on September 9, 2014.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
Kashmiri men move with their cattle towards safer areas in Srinagar on September 6, 2014.
(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
Pakistanis evacuate their villages in a boat along the flooded Chenab River, in Jhang, Pakistan, on September 10, 2014.
(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) #
An Indian Air Force helicopter rescues a Kashmiri resident from a house
submerged by floodwater during rescue and relief efforts in Srinagar on
September 9, 2014.
(Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images) #
Pakistani Christians assist an elderly woman in the flooded area of Rawalpindi on September 5, 2014.
(Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images) #
A residential apartment, partially submerged in flood waters in Srinagar, on September 10, 2014.
(Reuters/Adnan Abidi) #
Pakistani residents wade through floodwaters following heavy rain in Lahore on September 4, 2014.
(Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) #
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