Kashmiri women walk along the embankment on the side of a bridge during rain in Srinagar
Kashmiri women walk along the embankment on the side of a bridge during rain in Srinagar September 5, 2014. Sixty-five people were killed after heavy rains caused flash floods in Indian-administered Kashmir, including a wedding party on a bus that was swept away, officials said on Thursday. Authorities declared a disaster alert in the northern region after two days of heavy rain hit villages across the Kashmir valley, causing the worst flooding in two decades. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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