This is the second such case of bad weather in the Himalayas in just over a week.

The incident occurred in Chasota district of Kishtvar, according to local media. This is a stopover on a popular pilgrimage route. obozrevatel.com.

Local television showed people crying in fear as water flooded the village.

A local official told Reuters that flooding had washed away an outdoor kitchen and a security checkpoint set up in the village, a stop on the pilgrimage route to Machail Mata Temple. According to him, "a large number of pilgrims gathered for lunch, and they were washed away."