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Dozens of people are feared dead after floods have swept away a passenger bus into a gorge in Indian-administered Kashmir. | |
The bus was carrying a 50-member wedding party, including the bride and the groom, reports said. | |
The flood waters are surging and rescue efforts are on, top police official Owais Ahmad told the BBC. | |
The region is suffering from its worst flooding in 22 years, which has claimed at least nine lives since Tuesday. | |
Road accidents are common in India and last year, more than 138,000 people died, according to government figures. |