{"id":206071,"date":"2026-07-24T10:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=206071"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:11:56","slug":"womans-body-recovered-in-poonch-jammu-death-toll-rises-to-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/07\/24\/womans-body-recovered-in-poonch-jammu-death-toll-rises-to-26.html","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s body recovered in Poonch, Jammu death toll rises to 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-206072\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/07\/death-toll-in-flash-floods-rises-to-26-in-jammu-as-woman-s-body-recovered-in-poonch-2026-07-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/07\/death-toll-in-flash-floods-rises-to-26-in-jammu-as-woman-s-body-recovered-in-poonch-2026-07-23.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/07\/death-toll-in-flash-floods-rises-to-26-in-jammu-as-woman-s-body-recovered-in-poonch-2026-07-23-379x220.jpg 379w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/07\/death-toll-in-flash-floods-rises-to-26-in-jammu-as-woman-s-body-recovered-in-poonch-2026-07-23-780x453.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/07\/death-toll-in-flash-floods-rises-to-26-in-jammu-as-woman-s-body-recovered-in-poonch-2026-07-23-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jammu: The death toll in the recent rain-triggered flash floods and landslides across the Jammu region in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir rose to 26 with the recovery of the body of a 25-year-old woman from Poonch district.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, officials said the body of Khalida Kouser of Murrah village was recovered near the Fazalabad footbridge in Surankote during a search operation. She had been washed away in the devastating flash floods that struck the area on the night of July 18.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the decomposed body was shifted to the Sub-district hospital in Surankote, where the village lambardar, Zakir Hussain, identified it. After completing legal formalities, they said the body was handed over to her family for the last rites.<\/p>\n<p>With the latest recovery, the death toll in Poonch district has risen to 17, the highest among the affected districts and a total of 26 in the Jammu region, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, 29 people have lost their lives in the rain-related incidents across the occupied territory, including two deaths in Bandipora district and one in Budgam district in the Kashmir valley.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said search operations are continuing as six people are still missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: The death toll in the recent rain-triggered flash floods and landslides across the Jammu region in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir rose to 26 with the recovery of the body of a 25-year-old woman from Poonch district. 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