At least eight people have been killed and six reported missing after torrential monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri border districts on 19 July 2026, prompting a large-scale rescue operation. In Rajouri town, all major rivers burst their banks, sweeping away dozens of vehicles and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate low-lying areas, while in Poonch's Surankote area most of the fatalities occurred. Authorities suspended the Amarnath Yatra — a major Hindu pilgrimage to a high-altitude Himalayan shrine that draws hundreds of thousands of devotees each year — along with two other regional pilgrimages, and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah cut short a visit to Delhi to return and oversee relief efforts as heavy rainfall is forecast to continue across the region until at least 23 July.