US EditionNorthern India Flash Floods Kill 4 People and Leave Several Others Missing
DHARALI VILLAGE, UTTARKASHI DISTRICT, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, AUG 5 – Rescue teams continue searching for around 50 missing after a cloudburst caused flash floods and mudslides that destroyed homes and tourism infrastructure in Dharali village.
- On August 5, 2025, intense rainfall caused sudden flash flooding and a landslide in Dharali village in Uttarakhand, India.
- The event was triggered by a cloudburst on elevated terrain near the Kheer Ganga river, resulting in a rapid surge of water and debris.
- The floods swept away numerous houses, about a dozen hotels, shops, and destroyed the local market, leaving many trapped under debris.
- At least four people died and over 50 are feared missing, while Indian Army teams of 150 personnel quickly mobilised rescue operations onsite.
- Rescue efforts continue as authorities monitor the situation closely, prioritising evacuations and providing medical care amid forecasts of more heavy rains.
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Mudslide devastates town in Indian Himalayas: Four dead, over 100 missing
HIMALAYA: A flash flood triggered by a mudslide slammed into a town in the Indian Himalayas on Tuesday, resulting in at least four deaths and around 100 people reported missing. The powerful flood, accompanied by torrents of debris, tore through a narrow mountain valley, causing widespread destruction in Dharali, located in Uttarakhand state. The Indian Ministry of Defence expressed concern over the situation, confirming that multiple buildings …
Flash flood in Uttarakhand leaves scores missing and roads severed
A sudden cloudburst sent a torrent down Uttarkashi’s mountains this week, burying parts of Dharali village in mud and cutting rescuers off from more than 100 missing residents and soldiers.Nitin Ramola and Nikita Yadav report for BBC.In short:State and national disaster teams say damaged highways and phone outages have slowed the search through deep debris.The Kheerganga’s surge dammed the Bhagirathi, forming an unstable lake that drowned a gove…
New Delhi, India. - India’s army is looking for about 50 missing people in a Himalayan area on Wednesday, a day after a deadly flood that left at least four dead. “People didn’t understand what was going on. The flood hit them in 15 seconds,” local Suman Semwal told The Indian Express newspaper. Semwal told that his father saw, from a village on high, a river “of an unimaginable extent” hitting Dharali with “a deaf noise.” The catastrophe hit es…
On Wednesday, 6 August, the Indian army is looking for some 50 people who have disappeared in the aftermath of sudden deadly floods that have hit a locality in the Himalayas and killed at least four people.
Rains of torrential monsoons continue to fall in the state of Uttarakhand and complicate relief work. Local authorities reported that four people had been killed.
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