Rescue workers and military troops aid flood-stranded residents

Описание: (8 Sep 2014) Rescue workers in boats and helicopters on Monday worked to save thousands of people in Pakistan and Indian-administered Kashmir who have become trapped due to rising flood waters.
Six days of torrential rains have soaked both sides of the divided territory of Kashmir, which India and Pakistan each claim.
More than 120 people have died in India, authorities said.
Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority spokesman said the death toll there had reached 205 people - 131 people in the Punjab district and 74 in the Kashmir and Gilgit areas.
In the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, which suffered its worst flooding in five decades, the force of the water snapped electric pylons and disrupted mobile telephone and landline networks, leaving many in the dark with no means of communication.
Pakistani authorities were preparing for worsening conditions as water levels in the Chenab and Indus rivers were rising.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sent a letter to his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, offering India's help in relief efforts to the Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir.
Sharif issued a statement of his own, saying Pakistan is "ready to help in whatever way possible" in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

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