US EditionAt Least Four Dead, over a Hundred Missing in Indian Himalayas
UTTARKASHI DISTRICT, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, AUG 12 – Flash floods from heavy rain and a possible glacial lake outburst left 43 missing and over 1,300 rescued with rescue efforts ongoing amid continuing bad weather forecasts.
- On Tuesday, NGRI experts launched Ground Penetrating Radars to trace 66 people, including 24 Nepali labourers, as incessant rain hampered rescue efforts in Harsil, with 42 still missing.
- The disaster struck on August 5 when a cloudburst or glacial lake outburst caused a torrent of water, rocks, and mud to submerge nearly half of Dharali village, Uttarkashi district.
- So far, teams have airlifted more than 1,300 people, including outsiders and needy locals, via air rescue operations and helicopter evacuation.
- Casualty figures remain uncertain as on the seventh day, recovery teams have found only one body, revising an earlier toll of four, with the State Disaster Management Authority reporting two recoveries.
- The MeT department warns, 'heavy rain expected from August 13' with a ‘red’ alert over Uttarakhand districts including Almora, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar.
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According to the relief officers, among the missing, there are 44 Indians and 22 Nepalese. New soldiers are listed. The search continues in the ruins of the tourist city of Dharali.
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Local authorities reported that 44 Indians and 22 Nepalese were among the wanted people. The disaster occurred on 5 August in the tourist town of Dharali, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, after days of continuous rain.
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