Experts say cloudbursts have increased in recent years partly because of climate change, while damage from the storms also has increased because of unplanned development in mountain regions.

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Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 44 people dead and ...

Hundreds more were missing, many of them Hindu pilgrims, after a cloudburst triggered flooding in mountainous terrain.

The incident took place in Chositi village - a congested pilgrim route when a large number of people have gathered.