Rescued Amarnath Pilgrims Narrate Horrifying Experiences Of Cloudburst

Amarnath Cloudburst: On Friday, Thirteen people were killed and over 48 others injured when a cloudburst struck the area near the holy shrine of Amarnath, said Dr A Shah, Chief Medical Officer Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir.

Rescued pilgrims who reached Sonamarg's Baltal base camp from Amarnath holy cave after it was hit by the cloudburst narrated their harrowing experiences. #WATCH | Indian Army continues rescue operation in cloudburst affected area at the lower Amarnath Cave site(Source: Indian Army) pic.twitter.com/0mQt4L7tTr

Deepak Chouhan, a pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi told news agency ANI, "A stampede-like situation happened there, but Army supported a lot. Many pandals were washed away due to the water."

Another pilgrim Sumit from Maharashtra said, "the floods triggered by the cloudburst carried a large number of stones with it. We were two kilometres away from the cloudburst site"

Another pilgrim said, "When the cloudburst took place, we could not believe it. After a while, we only saw water and water. We were a group of seven to eight people, by Bholenath's grace, we all got saved. However, we all had a harrowing experience as we witnessed people and bags get swept away with the water."