Houses crumpled like a pack of cards, trapping people in mounds of rubble while boulders crashed down, blocking roads and hampering rescue efforts

The disaster struck Chositi, the last motorable village en route to Machail Mata temple, between 12 noon and 1 pm, when numerous people had gathered for the Machail Mata pilgrimage

The massive cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Chositi village has led to at least 42 fatalities. Several people are still missing amid ongoing heavy rain across the region.