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Bus swept away by stream in Kashmir; 50 missing

By Aijaz Hussain
Published September 4, 2014 7:39pm ET
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Bus swept away by stream in Kashmir; 50 missing
Residents leave a flooded neighborhood on a boat in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Authorities say heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in the Indian portion of Kashmir, killing at least 14 people in the worst flooding in 22 years. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) | Mukhtar Khan

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A bus carrying more than 50 wedding guests was swept away by a flooded stream Thursday in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir, and all but five of the passengers were missing, officials said.

Police officer Mubashir Latiefi said rescuers found one body nearly three kilometers (two miles) downstream.

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