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Transcript
When a wall of water this great surges
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towards you,
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all you can do is run.
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Torrential rains in India administered
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Kashmir have caused flash floods that
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have destroyed a Himalayan village.
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Here's what we know so far. At least 56
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people are dead and scores remain
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missing. And this is what remains of
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Chositi village.
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Rescuers are wading through debris,
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searching for signs of life among what
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were homes.
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One villager weeps for her missing
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daughter and husband. Her son was swept
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away by the gushing water but was saved
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by army personnel.
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Chositi is a remote village in Kashmir's
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Kishvar district, the last one
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accessible to motor vehicles on the
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route of an annual Hindu pilgrimage. One
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official says a number of pilgrims had
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gathered for lunch at a community
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kitchen when they were swept away.
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In northern and northwestern Pakistan,
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more flash floods have killed at least
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164 people in just 24 hours. Authorities
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say a helicopter carrying relief
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supplies to the flood hit Bajawa
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district has crashed in bad weather,
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killing all five people on board. More
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than a thousand stranded tourists have
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had to be rescued from a mountainous
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district hit by landslides.
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These floods were triggered by a cloud
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burst, a sudden intense downpour of rain
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that can trigger flash floods. They're
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more common in these mountainous regions
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during monsoon season. Just last week,
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nearly half of Dali, another Himalayan
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village, was submerged by this massive
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flash flood, also caused by a cloud
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burst.
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Rescue operations there are still
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ongoing. 66 people remain missing and
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just one body has been recovered.
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Reacting to these latest floods, Prime
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Minister Narendra Modi says every
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possible assistance will be provided to
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those in need. But for the villagers who
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have lost everything, no promise can
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bring back what's gone.
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