A series of flash floods in Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir killed at least 16 people on Wednesday and damaged several residential houses, standing crops and a mini power plant, officials said.

In Kishtwar district of Jammu, a cloudburst hit a remote village around 4.30 am, leaving seven people dead and 17 others injured. A search and rescue operation by police, Army and State Disaster Response Force is underway to locate over 14 people missing at Honzar village in Dacchan tehsil, officials said.