Climate-exacerbated heat increases and unpredictable rainfall combined with unplanned urban growth have resulted in nearly half the lakes in the mountainous, India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region disappearing or becoming highly polluted in the last six decades.

Pakistani officials say the death toll from a collision of two trains in the country's south has risen to 65 after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day after the crash.