Slide show of Deluge in Jammu and Kashmir, India.


Heavy rainfalls battered the western Himalayas last week due to a clash between monsoon currents and winds from the Caspian Sea. 

by
Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi
Geologist
Ranchi.

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