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Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather

A flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine on Friday afternoon has led to the death of least 16 people. Around 40 people are still missing

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Hindu devotees make their way on foot, riding horses and carried by porters along a mountain path during their pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath, near Baltal. Pic/AFP

Hindu devotees make their way on foot, riding horses and carried by porters along a mountain path during their pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath, near Baltal. Pic/AFP

The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions and no fresh batch was allowed to proceed from here to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

A flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine on Friday afternoon has led to the death of least 16 people. Around 40 people are still missing.

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