NEW DELHI (AP) — Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 34 people dead, officials said Wednesday.

A section of a mountainside in Jammu collapsed and hit a popular Hindu pilgrimage route following heavy rains in the Katra area late Tuesday. Devotees were trekking on foot to reach the hilltop temple, which is one of the most visited shrines in northern India, officials said.

The bodies of most of the pilgrimage victims were recovered from under the debris of stones, boulders and rocks, according to disaster management official Mohammed Irshad, who said at least 18 people were injured and transported to hospitals.

Rescue teams scoured the Himalayan area Wednesday for missi

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