Uttarkashi, Nine days after the devasting flash flood devoured almost half of Dharali village in Uttarkashi district, demolishing buildings in its bustling market area and sweeping away people, ...

Scientists point out that a cloudburst is natural event that occurs under a specific set of meteorological conditions, when ...

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 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, ...

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

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Two experts warn that the Chardham road project in Uttarakhand could lead to disasters similar to Dharali unless an ...