PHOTOS: Monsoon rains cause deadly flooding in India and Pakistan
September 10, 2014
Kashmiris hang on to a tree to prevent being swept away by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The flooding began earlier this month in Kashmir, where it has caused landslides and submerged much of the main city of Srinagar, on the Indian-administered side. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Kashmiri men transport a stranded girl on a makeshift raft through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. Anger mounted over the slow pace of rescue operations in Indian Kashmir as officials said they were "overwhelmed" by the scale of deadly flooding that has left hundreds of thousands stranded in the Himalayan region and neighboring Pakistan. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256381 )
Kashmiri houseboats and houses submerged by floodwater are seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations in Dal Lake in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. Anger mounted September 10 over the slow pace of rescue operations in Indian Kashmir as authorities said they were "overwhelmed" by the scale of deadly flooding that has left hundreds of thousands of people stranded in India and Pakistan. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533250622 )
Indian tourists react as they sit inside an Indian Air Force helicopter after being evacuated from a flood-affected area during rescue and relief operations in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253085 )
Indian army soldiers carry a seriously ill tourist towards a waiting Indian air force helicopter after he was rescued from a flooded neighborhood in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
Migrant workers cover themselves with plastic sheets to shield from the rain, as they camp on a highway after the area they were living in was inundated by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Heavy monsoon rains have caused flash floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A Pakistani man carries a sheep on his back as he wades through floodwater at a village on the outskirts of Multan, in the central Punjab province on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ SS MIRZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533252001 )
People stranded on the roof of a five-story hotel rush to be airlifted in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A temple is partially submerged in floodwaters in Jammu, India, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Heavy monsoon rains have caused flash floods and landslides. The flooding began earlier this month in Kashmir, where it has caused landslides and submerged much of the main city of Srinagar, on the Indian-administered side. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A tourist is airlifted from the roof of a of a five-story hotel, four of which are submerged in floodwaters, in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A woman cries as she is airlifted into a chopper in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Tears roll down the cheeks of a relative of a seriously ill tourist as they hold him inside an Indian air force helicopter after being rescued from a flooded neighborhood in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Kashmiri houseboats and houses submerged by floodwater are seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations at Dal Lake in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533252764 )
Kashmiri people make their way through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256234 )
A Pakistani villager surveys his partially damaged and flooded house in a suburb of Jhang district, 260 kilometers (161 miles) northwest of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
Norian, a Pakistani villager, waits for a boat to evacuate the flooded area along the Chenab River, Jhang, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Villagers evacuate their homes along the Chenab River, in Jhang, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
Kashmiri residents use a makeshift boat to rescue flood affected people in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
A mother carrying a child cries while evacuating her home along the flooded Chenab River, in Jhang, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Thousands of people fled their homes in Pakistan on Wednesday as monsoon flooding that has already inundated the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir coursed down onto the plains, causing the Chenab River to breach its banks. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A man comforts his sick mother after she was rescued by Indian army soldiers and civilians in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Pakistani villagers wait for help in Chiniot, 160 kilometers (99 miles) northwest of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
This aerial photo shows buildings partially submerged in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Flood-affected Kashmiris shout out for help from the roof of a house in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Kashmiri residents use makeshift rafts to rescue flood affected people in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A Kashmiri woman carries her belongings on her head as she makes her way through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533255982 )
Two Pakistani villagers wait for help on the rooftop of their house in a flooded suburb of Jhang district, 260 kilometers (161 miles) northwest of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
Kashmiri men move with their cattle towards safer area in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Heavy monsoon rains have caused flash floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
A Pakistani man carries his son and a rooster are evacuated by army troops as families flee from a flooded area of Jhang district, 260 kilometers (161 miles) northwest of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
A truck is half-buried in gravel from a landslide caused by flash floods in Akhnoor, about 48 kilometers northwest of Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Pakistan Flooding )
In this photograph released by the Indian government's Ministry of Defense, a civilian is airlifted into an Indian air force chopper in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defense) ( India Kashmir Flooding )
In this photograph released by the Indian government's Ministry of Defense, a civilian waves a scarf to signal for help to an Indian air force chopper in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defense) ( India Kashmir Flooding )
Kashmiri houseboats and houses submerged by floodwater are seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations in Dal Lake in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533249763 )
Kashmiri people make their way through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256271 )
In this handout photograph released by Indian Ministry of Defense on September 10, 2014, Indian Army personnel construct a bridge over the Poonch River to reconnect the Jammu-Poonch National Highway following flooding in Poonch. AFP PHOTO/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533250665 )
An Indian tourist reacts as she carries a child inside an Indian Air Force helicopter after being evacuated from a flood-affected area during rescue and relief operations in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533250835 )
Kashmiri houseboats and houses submerged by floodwater are seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253191 )
An unwell patient evacuated from a flood-affected area lies inside an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253300 )
Kashmiri houses submerged by floodwater are seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253327 )
A Kashmiri man stands in the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256453 )
Kashmiri houses submerged by floodwaters are seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter during rescue and relief operations in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 533257157 )
In this handout photograph released by Indian Ministry of Defense on September 10, 2014, Indian Air Force personnel use a winch to reach residents stranded on a rooftop during rescue and relief efforts following flooding Srinagar. AFP PHOTO/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533254574 )
Kashmiri people travel on a truck along a flooded street in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533255940 )
Kashmiri people rescued by military personnel are transported by boat through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256468 )
A Kashmiri family walks through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. . AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256863 )
Kashmiri men travel on a truck through the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533256933 )
Indian military officers carries a rescued Kashmiri baby from a boat moored in the floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533257020 )
In this handout photograph released by Ministry of Defense on September 10, 2014, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team rescues stranded civilians in the flood affected part of Srinagar. AFP PHOTO/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533258672 )
In this handout photograph released by Ministry of Defense on September 10, 2014, stranded civilians wave from the rooftop of their home in the flood affected part of Srinagar. AFP PHOTO/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE /AFP/Getty Images ( 533258751 )
In this handout photograph released by Ministry of Defense on September 10, 2014 a M-17 helicopter hovers over partially-submerged homes in search of stranded residents in the flood affected part of Srinagar. AFP PHOTO/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533261890 )
People and vehicles are surrounded by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The flooding began earlier this month in Kashmir, where it has caused landslides and submerged much of the main city of Srinagar, on the Indian-administered side. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Flood-affected people row boats past partially submerged buildings in floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding Photo Gallery )
Indian tourists rescued from flooded areas arrive with their children at an air force base in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ( India Pakistan Flooding )