The biggest challenge for rescuers is to locate those possibly trapped under debris, some buried 40–50 feet above what was once Dharali village and its bustling market. With route connectivity broken, ...

Within seconds, massive torrents of water and debris cascaded into the valley, surging through the market at lightning speed.

Dharali village in Uttarakhand was devastated by six consecutive flash floods that destroyed infrastructure, cut off ...

DEHRADUN: A devastating cloudburst in Dharali, Uttarkashi, which has left 68 people missing and feared buried under a torrent ...

The Indian Army is also using sniffer dogs and thermal scanners to look for nine jawans who went missing after the cloudburst and are believed to be trapped in the mud at the Harshil Army Camp.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has raised a red alert, cautioning against an imminent threat of flash floods ...

Made of wood and iron pipes for the movement of search and rescue teams, a small link bridge, which was washed away due to the rising levels of the Kheer Ganga stream in Dharali on Tuesday, has been ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science suspect a 'hanging glacier' may have contributed to the devastating flash ...

It had already been raining incessantly for a month. Then on the afternoon of 5th August, panic spread through the valley.

It is not just nature’s fury that causes flash floods, but a cumulative effect of of  human negligence, greed, and disregard for ecological limits Natural disasters are more often than not just nature ...

Earlier on Tuesday, authorities continued air operations to rescue the stranded people in the areas of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, where flash floods hit on August 5, ...

DEHRADUN: Villagers devastated by a recent cloudburst in Dharali, Uttarakhand, are demanding a comprehensive reconstruction of their settlement, drawing parallels to the ambitious redevelopment of ...