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

A bustling halt for pilgrims only days ago, Dharali is now marked by a quiet that hangs heavy over the uneven landscape, a ...

A SC-appointed committee has cautioned that the Char Dham all-weather road project in the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone could ...

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 ...

Two environmental experts said the authorities ignored repeated scientific warnings, violated eco-sensitive zone norms, and pushed unscientific road expansion in a fragile zone ...

A new video from old Dharali showing the exact moment a deadly wall of water and debris smashed the Uttarkashi settlement on ...

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 ...

RECCO is becoming increasingly common in outdoor gear, and SAR teams around the world are relying on it — but the rescue ...

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, ...

IISc has been modelling which sections of these glaciers are most likely to detach, noting that hanging glaciers start melting earlier than other types because of their exposure to warmer conditions.

How a ‘petty, merely 7 km long’ stream buried an entire settlement under 20 meters of debris—and why experts saw it coming ...